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Torres del Paine

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January 10th 2007
Happy New Year to everyone! It's been a while since our last entry as we've been dead busy. Now it's nearing the end of our trip, we've been bombing about trying to cram as much as we can in. We left the Lake District and headed down south on the legendary 'Ruta 40'. This 2-day journey takes you south through bleak Patagonia, down to a town called El Chaltén. We did a 6hr hike in El Chalt ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Puerto Natales

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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