The dusty trail north

Into Chile

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March 28th 2013
I grabbed some food for the long bus ride to Chile Chico. And wow, was that a long bus ride. The landscape was... pretty boring. But my original plan for going to Chile was something that Lucy had told me about back in El Calafate. From El Chalten, you can take a bus to a lake, and then a boat across that lake, and then walk a few kilometers across the Chilean border at a place where you can on ... read more

South America » Chile » Aisén » Chile Chico

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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