El Yeco

Two amazing weekends in El Yeco and Valle de Elqui.

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September 12th 2011
Yeco A few weeks ago my house mates and I spent a great weekend in Yeco, a small pueblo about two hours from Santiago. My landlord’s grandma owns a small wooden cottage there, near the ocean. It was a very relaxing weekend; we spent hours climbing around on the cliffs and drinking beer on the beach, watching the waves. The first night we went into the forest to a nice spot on the clif ... 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