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Chile: From Snow-covered Volcanoes to Sweltering Deserts

November 15th 2006
Hola and greetings from South America and the gringo capital of Chile: San Pedro de Atacama. We crossed the pacific with LAN Chile (quite good actually) from Chistchurch (via Auckland) and arrived in Santiago on the 1st November (about 5 hours before we left!) We headed into Santiago by bus and made our way to the Casa Roja hostel (a fairly popular backpacker place in town). After the longest d ... read more

South America » Chile » Antofagasta Region » San Pedro de Atacama

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

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Jon Milsted & Sarah Beddoes

Jonny and Sarah

On Saturday the 8th July we are off on a whistlestop tour of the world for the next 7 months. Sarah's finished 5 million years of study and i've figured this could be more fun than working! Number one aim: to visit a minimum of 10 countries and see as much as possible. Throw in some diving, jumping (with elastic i hope), climbing, farming, trekking, camping etc: our fingers are crossed for a good trip. I’m looking forward to Sarah’s face when we see the first tennis ball-sized cockroach. And I'll try not to lose my passport... again! And then soon enough, we’ll be back - but let's not th... full info

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