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Chaxa salt flats and flamingos

Trippin' in the back of beyond

February 23rd 2016
It turned out that we were the only English speaking people on the tour bus. Our guide put us to shame, repeating his dialogue in fluent English just for us. He was a Chilean law school dropout who had done quite a bit of travelling himself (including staying in a London backpackers' hostel which came complete with rats - how embarrassing!) before coming to San Pedro in the footsteps of his girlfr ... read more
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Chilean Flag 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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