Santiago traditional statue

Santiago - A farewell to Arm(a)s

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March 8th 2016
We used Santiago as our hub while we were in Chile, dropping in and out of there several times as we explored the upper half of the country and Easter Island. We first landed there from Auckland, New Zealand, on 16.2.16. We had booked a loft apartment over the internet and had heard nothing in terms of confirmation, despite a follow-up e-mail, so we had some reservations about how successful that ... 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