Hotel Haase

Leaving BA, Cycling part 1 (Chile)

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November 8th 2015
From H: It was really strange leaving S behind in Buenos Aires, although it didn't sink in at first as I was up at 3:00 for a 5:50 flight to Santiago. We flew low over the Andes and I was rewarded with beautiful views of the snow covered mountains. Once over the Andes all I could see was cloud on the Chilean side - the Andes are like the Pennines on a much larger scale, it's much wetter in Chil ... read more

South America » Chile » Los Lagos

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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