Rain coming up behind us - fast

Day 136 - Leaving Torres del Paine with a tear in the eye

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November 15th 2006
After a rubbish night's sleep in a gale, we woke to the sound of the large group of Germans next door efficiently dismantling their tents. It had snowed higher up overnight, which completely changed the look of the landscape. The visibility up the mountain looked terrible which made us glad we'd chanded our plans - we'd initially planned our Torres del Paine viewing for today. There wasn't mu ... 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