Los Cuernos at the top of Valle del Francis

52 Degrees South (Yes I am a nerd!)

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February 12th 2007
After finishing my 4 day spanish course in Buenos Aires, taking the class has been one of the best decisions I have made so far, and buying a copy of Harry Porter and the Philosphers Stone in spanish I quickly hopped a plane down to Patagonia, more specially El Calafate, I place I have dreamt about going ever since I first found out it existed! The town of Calafate itself though is a strange litt ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes

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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