Climbing the Volcano

Valparaiso & Pucón

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December 20th 2006
We arrived in Valaparaiso bloated and tired from steak and wine abuse and vowed to stay off it for a few days. I treated myself to chicken and beer. I didn't really know what to expect from Valaparaiso, I knew nothing about it, we were only there because Lucy had read about it in a novel. On arrival following a quick look around, she said it wasn't really that much like the book had described i ... read more

South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón

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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