A relatively small port city located two hours west of Santiago, Valparaiso is steeped in history and in geography. Rising up from the ocean side are numerous hills that make up this once famous and extremely important South American port which has been a UNESCO world heritage site since 2003. It’s these hills where most travellers…
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Santiago
Arriving in Santiago filled us with more happiness than we had ever expected upon reaching this destination on our itinerary. This was of course because we had swerved a 30 hour bus journey and instead arrived in less than two hours by plane from Arica. Absolutely thrilled with our decision we hopped in the airport…
Arica – First stop Chile
Chile was somewhat of an unknown to us. Not knowing many people who have ventured to this part of the world, coupled with the fact that it is often overshadowed by its neighbouring nations (except for the obvious region of Patagonia) meant that we were both intrigued and also slightly sceptical about what to except….
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