Santiago, via Auckland and the longest day ever! (19.11.12 - 22.11.12
November 22nd 2012 After flying back into Auckland we spent the night in an airport hotel. The next day we were not flying until 4pm but had to check room of the room at 10. So we decided to go for a walk about and try and find some Internet to use (the hotel Internet was about £5 for 50 minutes....it takes time to do this blog believe it or not!). We had also read in the lonely planet that there was a vineyard nea
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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 
