Penguins

The end of the world....

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December 18th 2015
And so we hit the far south of Chile and Punta Arenas, the capital of the Magallanes region which also includes Chilean Antarctica. This area is commonly known as the end of the world and the cold and wind made it feel rather like that when we first arrived. The other thing that struck us was how solid the city seemed with substantial late 19th/early 20th century buildings making it look a little ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Punta Arenas

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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