With Catalina

Hola Santiago

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October 14th 2014
Arrived in Santiago around midday on a warm and dusty day. Weird to arrive on the same day as we took off, after 12 hours wedged between my beloved and a sleeping Puma. Yes, we shared our flight with the Argentinian Rugby Union team, who are actually smaller than they look on TV. Their saving grace might be they look bloody fit..... but rugby in soccer-mad South America? It's the game they play ... 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