Bariloche

Lake district and Chiloe

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November 27th 2006
I have been dashing around quite a bit in the past week. From Pucon I travelled east to Valdivia, a town with an unremarkable centre but some attractive gardens and a pleasant riverside, where well fed sea lions lap up the sunshine and pose for tourists. I spent only a night in Valdivia - there really wasn´t that much to see there - and then made my first border crossing by taking a bus east to ... read more

South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Montt

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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