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Iglesia de Las Carmelitas, with what the guidebook describes as its "magnificent" carved doors. Uh ... ok ... I´m not sure what the guidebook considers to be magnificent, but apparently it´s equivalent to what I consider to be crap! I´ll never understand why guidebook authors always feel the need to embellish the truth. If it´s crap, call it crap, and don´t try to sugar coat it!

Worshipping at the Church of the Spanish Senorita

December 28th 2008
Geo: -29.9008, -71.2448I feel like crap. I found a hostel worker and told them that I wouldn´t be making the tour today. I lay in bed until about 9:30, then grabbed some breakfast. The hostel serves up some wicked buns, and some jam with big chunks of kiwi. The coffee was horrid - instant coffee is the standard in Chile, and it was funny to note that the hostel had a menu of breakfast ... read more

South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena

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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