Valpo - Churrillanas

Valparaiso, Chile

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October 11th 2012
Santiago was such a let down, i decided to get out of the city and head to the coast. The ski resorts were closed the week before so there was nothing to see. i caught a bus to Valparaiso two hours away. A port town northwest of Santiago, it is a hilly bohemian paradise. there is street art every turn you make and the streets wind very steeply in all directions from "the plan" the flat centre of t ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso » Concon

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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