Torotoro NP

Bolivia

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June 16th 2016
We left you heading to Cochabamba, south of La Paz. Our plan had been to just spend the night there before heading to the chilled out hippie h(e)aven to Samipata. However, as happens, we got chatting to another backpacker who told us about Torotoro National Park, a place that our guide book made seem like was an impossible to get to and impossible to survive in once we were there. We were reassure ... read more

South America » Chile

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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