Those coloured houses of Valparaiso

Happy New Year from Valparaiso

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January 1st 2007
A short story of the dogs, cats and rats (of the sky) of Valparaiso:- With a pisco sour in hand and 4 hours until the fireworks display and the ticking of the time clock here in Chile into the new year I have time to reflect on the dogs, the cats and the rats of Valparaiso. You see there is a pecking order here in this wee port town about two hours west of Santiago. As in all typical port tow ... 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