Last Updated on February 12, 2024 by Travelationship Saltpeter. Do you know what it is? I didn’t, but the word sure did conjure up some awkward images. For most of us born after the Great Depression, we know saltpeter as potassium nitrate. Up until about the 1930s, saltpeter works were a booming industry in Chile, …
Last Updated on February 12, 2024 by Travelationship Valparaíso is a mecca for those on the hunt for good street art destinations worldwide. Valparaíso lies on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, an easy 90 minutes Northwest of Santiago, Chile. If you are already headed to the seaside town of Viña del Mar, you are …
Last Updated on February 12, 2024 by Travelationship Machu Picchu was built by the Incas in the cloud forest around 1450 and was abandoned during the Spanish Conquest around a century later. It sits on a peak in the Peruvian Andes, some 7,970 feet above sea level and 50 miles northwest of Cusco. One of …