The German Style Church

Volcanoes, Lago Llanquihue, and Puerto Varas

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January 17th 2007
Border crossings are sent to try us! This one added a good 2 hours onto our journey. We had to queue (that’s stand in line to some of my friends - you know who you are!) in seat number order and we were processed strictly in that order. Unfortunately some travellers didn’t seem to care about this (can you guess where they are from?) and tried to ignore the instruction. It didn’t work and we ... read more

South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Varas

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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