Funicular car

Valparaiso, Vina Del Mar & Back to Santiago

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April 7th 2012
I’d been keeping in touch with Holland and Denmark during my continuing journey through the Lake districts of Argentina and Chile and whilst Holland was on a tighter schedule and ahead of us in Mendoza I had arranged to meet Denmark in Valparaiso in a couple of days time. I booked into the Bella Vista hostel for 2 nights following a recommendation by the frenches and bumped into a Pete from the ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

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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