Chile

Welcome to the Chile Travel Adventure!!!!!

The Chilean Flag  two equal horizontal stripes of white (on the top) and red (on the bottom); a blue square next to the  white band at the hoist-side end of the white band; the square bears a white five-pointed star in the center representing a guide to progress and honor; blue symbolizes the sky, white is for the snow-covered Andes (behind the picture), and red represents the blood spilled to achieve independence

The design was influenced by the US flag. This means "By reason or by force" in Spanish =__**General Information**__=

Chile is in the low south west part of South America. Chile has a total area of 292,183sq miles. Chile stretches from just below the equator to just above the Antarctic circle. The total population of Chile is 17,224,200. The main currency of Chile is the Chilean peso,one dollar in our country is worth 471 Chilean pesos. . the Government of Chile is a Republic similar to ours with a president(who is Sebastian Pinera) senate, and supreme court. The main language of Chile, like other South American countries, is Spanish. the climate of Chile varies depending on where you are, in the north it is desert, alpine tundra and glaciers in the east and south east, humid subtropical on Easter island, oceanic in the south and Mediterranean climate in central Chile.

Geographical Location of Chile
Chile is in the South west of South America. Chile is surrounded by the pacific ocean to the west, Peru and Bolivia to the North, and Argentina to the east.

__**Chilean History**__
=200 years to present= __**The coup d'etat**__ In 1973 the government of Salvador Allende was over thrown when Augusto Pinochet and a group of soldiers attacked the presidential palace killing Allende and took over causeing many years of chaos in Chile. __**2010 Pinchilemu Earthquake**__ Was one of the biggest earthquakes ever in Chile with a magnitude of 6.9. 33 miners were trapped when a copper gold mine caved-in. There were no deaths or injuries, and the 33 miners were rescued by the Chilean government. =More than 200 years ago.= __**Spanish Conquest**__ The spainish took over in 1541 and destroyed the seven cities. This war lasted for over 3 centuries. This was between the Spanish and the native tribe of the Mapuche.
 * __Chilean mine accident__**
 * __The Arauco War__**

Natural wonders
1.Volcan Villarican  2. The glaciers of Terra del fuego

=Man Made wonders= Easter island: The Polynesians settled here and built these giant stone heads in memory of their ancestors.



=__**Tour**__= Bring $150 so that you can get that amounts worth in pesos Depart 1 day before arrival at 10:25 PM from Philadelphia International Airport 5:25 AM - Arrive at Santiago Airport 5:35 Am - Check into Radisson Plaza Santiago Hotel(the hotel we're staying at for the trip)  5:45-7:00 AM-Unpack and get some more sleep 7:00 AM-breakfast at hotel 8:15 Take a coach bus to the Museum of Memory and Human Rights 8:35 arrive at museum and split up into groups and tour the museum till 10:00 10:00 take a bus to the government buildings and walk around and take 20minuet tours of each building. 11:30 take bus back to hotel 11:30-1:30 swim at the pool in the hotel or rest in your rooms 1:30-3:00 walk to the central plaza to buy lunch food court from venders 3:15 take a bus to La Parva Ski Village and Ski or snowboard 3:40-5:00 Skiing and snow boarding Come back to hotel and get ready for dinner 6:00 PM-Dinner At Galindo Restaurant 7:00-8:00 walk in groups around the city 8:30-10:00 go to local movie theater to see a Chilean movie (with english subtitles) 10:30 get ready for bed and 11:00 lights out
 * __Day 1__**

** __ Day2 __ **
7:30 wake up 8:00 eat breakfast 9:00 take a bus to a local elementary school 9:30-12:30 do service at school(reading to kids,playing sports or games, etc...) 12:45 have lunch at Noltia restaurant 1:45 go to Plaza de Armas and take tours of the governor's place and monuments 4:00 go to the General cemetery in chile to see the graves of some of their famous leaders 5:15 get back to hotel and relax 6:30 go to dinner at Puerto Fuy restaurant 7:45 go to the sculpture park 8:30 go swimming 10:00 get ready for bed 10:30 lights out

**__Day 3__**
7:30 wake up 8:00 have breakfast at hotel 9:30 got to airport to take a plane to fly around Volcan Villarican and have a tour of the mountain from the plane 1:30 arrive back in santiago and have lunch at the central plaza from vendors 2:45 go to the national history museum 4:30 go to the museum of fine arts 6:00 have dinner at Santabrasa restaurant 7:30 walk around town in groups 9:00 swimming 10:15 get ready for bed 10:45 lights out

**__Day 4__**
7:30 Wake up 8:00 eat breakfast at hotel 9:30 take a plane out to easter island and take tour of the island 1:00 arrive back in Santiago and have lunch at Santo Remedio 2:15 hike up San Cristobal Hill to and sew the amazing view of the city 4:45 Go to the Los Dominicos Handicraft Village to buy some souvenirs 6:00 have dinner at Zabo restaurant 7:15 go to iglesia San Francisco the oldest building in the city 8:30 swimming 10:00 get ready for bed 10:30 lights out

__**Day Five**__
8:00 wake up and pack(try not to forget anything 8:30 have breakfast at hotel 10:00 fo to air port to leave for home