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- Santiago
- Capital
- Chilean Peso (CLP)
- Currency
- 15,328,467
- Population
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Chile Slideshow
Chile
Travel Blogs from Chile
Day 67 – Vineyards, Vina de Mar & Valparaiso
... any normal bottled water in the city. It was the biggest earthquake since 1985 and they are still recovering. We also learn that Chile has banned nuclear energy after the Japan quake. They figure if the Japanese can’t handle it, no one can. ...
Row row row the boat
Von Puerto Montt nach Puerto Natales, 3 Tage mit der Fähre durch die Kanäle Patagoniens. Unser Programm für die nächsten Tage sah gemütlich aus, wir wollten Karten schreiben, Bücher lesen, die weitere Reise planen und die tolle Landschaft ...
Day 13
... of seismic activity, suffering from devastating earthquakes throughout its history; the last, in 1939, left over 30,000 dead. Chile's national hero, Bernardo O'Higgins, was born in Chillán in 1778. He was the force behind Chile's Independence from ...
To the beach!
La Serena is a beach town in northern Chile. The town looked pretty nice, but the first hostels we saw were dumpy, so Jeff decided we should camp out on the beach. Works for me... So 30 km south of town we found a campground right on the ...
Off on a Freighter on the High Seas
Saturday 4.21 found us in Puerto Montt - a major port town in Chile. This port is the gateway between the northern regions (and Santiago) and the remote southern areas. Ships come in and out importing and exporting goods. Puerto Montt gets an unfair ...
San Pedro de Atacama
... about 20 minutes talking we went outside where there were 6 big telescopes one of which is the largest touristic telescope in Chile. Through the telescopes we viewed: alpha centauri, Mars, Saturn, star clusters nebula's and even another galaxy. We were ...
Finally Made it to Chile
As you probably know by now we're still in Santiago. Spirits are high though as we get to enjoy another beautiful day here with our Chilean brothers and sisters. The ticket situation has been resolved thanks to our awesome ...
Puerto Natales and brass monkeys
A 2 part 16 hour bus ride to Puerto Natales. Mostly effortless with a change in Punta Arenas. We saw those lama beasts and some Commerson's dolphins en route. At customs however we had all our cheese, salami and fruit taken off us. I did try and stuff as ...