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Dem Andes

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March 20th 2016
Only three hours to fly down the coast to Santiago. Looking out over the Andrs was amazing. So vast and intricate, mostly sand and pale orange rocks, looking like a mottled and crumpled bedspread, with the ocassional snow covered peak rising above its neighbours. Little sign of habitation, it makes the Lake District look like the landscape of a model train set. Santiago airport is small in ter ... 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