Santiago Cafe

Santiago

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October 19th 2012
We arrived at the airport at midnight and got to our hotel by 1 am. Took a walk through the back streets of Santiago coming across a flower market and street sellers bartering their second hand goods a bit like a down market brick lane. Met an American couple from Arizona on our way up to Saint Cristobel a religious monument donated by the French government overlooking the city. It was quite a war ... 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