Cerro San cristóbal

Santiago

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July 25th 2011
Thursday July 21- My first thoughts when arriving in Chile were it's freezing and Santiago is beautiful! Unfortunately when my flight arrived it was too dark to see the Andes mountains, but driving to the hotel in the morning I had a breathtaking view of Santiago with it's various types of architecture and palm trees accompanied by a backdrop of the Andes mountains. The first day we visited Cerro ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more