Valparaíso

Chile 2: Sunny Santiago and Gritty Valparaíso

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July 23rd 2018
Valparaíso (29/07/2018-31/07/2018) Valparaíso: a gritty, chaotic, graffiti-covered, hill-peppered port city. Valpo has pretty, colourful houses (clinging to the edge of cliffs), graffiti everywhere you look (I'm not exaggerating), and numerous funiculars for the countless cerros (hills). There are hills for days. Once Chile's financial powerhouse; everything went to ... 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