Half way down the Cumbre

January 9th 2015
Santiago is a beautiful city, and our favourite South American city so far. Named after another beautiful city, Santiago de Campostella in Galicia, Spain, in honour of Saint James, Spain’s patron saint; <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Santiago is a Galician evolution of vulgar Latin, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sanctu Iacobi, Saint James. It is an old city ... 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

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Viv and John Cussell

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We are off island-hopping in Thailand for the month of February. We shall leave home on the 1st of the month and return on 29th (an extra day for Leap Year)! Our journey will be from Alicante to Barcelona by train, then two flights, the first from Barcelona to Doha and the second from Doha to Phuket, both with Qatar Airways. Although this will be our forth visit to the "Land of Smiles", we haven't been there for eleven years and plan to visit islands we haven't seen before. In 2009, we travelled overland from Singapore to the island of Langkawi, Northern Malaysia, in the Southern Andaman Sea. ... full info

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