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I picked up some buns that looked liked the delicious ones served at the hostel for breakfast, but they were pretty hard, despite being fresh out of the oven. The crust essentially shattered when I tried to rip them in half! Some lightly-flavoured Chilean cheese, smoked pork, strawberry yogurt, tropical juice, and a yummy-looking fruit platter that I couldn't resist purchasing, rounded out the meal.
The fruit platter was the highlight and truth be told, I knew there was no way I could finish it, but needed to have it after being fruit/vegetable deprived for the past few days. The sliced oranges were crap and the peaches were canned, but the melon, kiwi, and strawberries rocked!
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 
