- Santiago, Chile
Wednesday 11th April
Santiago, Chile
The journey is fine and the three of us get a fair bit of sleep, before pulling into the central bus station at about 7am. Strangely no movie last night, nor any meal, though we're given some Posted by pdsaustin in Around the world in 365 days... | Apr 13, 2007
- Volcán Osorno und Volcán Casablanca
Den Samstag widmeten wir der Besichtigung des Vulkans Osorno, welcher ihr schon von unserer Reise nach Puerto Montt und von der Biketour her kennt. Wir fuhren bis zu der auf 1200 Meter hoch gelegenen Talstation des Skigebietes. Von dort unternahmen Posted by surfers in Pascal & Chris | Apr 15, 2007
- Chaiten und Parque Pumalin
Um acht Uhr morgens kamen wir in Chaiten an, einem kleinen Dorf mit etwa dem Supermarktverhaeltnis zu Einwohnern von 12:1. Eine solch hohe Dichte an Verkaufsorten habe wir noch nie gesehen. Doch bekanntlich hat auch alles seine Gruende. In Chaiten Posted by surfers in Pascal & Chris | Apr 11, 2007
- Puerto Montt / Biketour Región Lago todos los Santos
Ja, der Sonntag endete wirklich anders, als wir es uns gedacht haben. Wir stornierten die Faehre von Quellon nach Chaiten und fuhren am Montag morgen zurueck nach Puerto Montt, um Caperucita Roja durch checken zu lassen. Und da uns der Posted by surfers in Pascal & Chris | Apr 5, 2007
- Astronomy for beginners
Our final experience before departing San Pedro de Atacama for our 3 day jeep trip into Bolivia was the night sky. Alain, a French guy living 10km from San Pedro, has turned his garden into a small observatory Posted by knighty111 in Steve's South America Trip 2007 | Apr 15, 2007
- Valparaiso and guess who...
Today we came for a day trip to Valparaiso, the centre or the beginning of many of Isabel Allende´s stories - which I had to see no matter what!!
Well it has lived up to our expectations, the small houses on Posted by Flav-Greg in Flavia & Gregory go LA | Apr 14, 2007
- Santiago de Chile - bye bye Exodus overland
After Pucon, where the weather was horrible and we could not see one single volcano cap because it was all a misty cloud, we drove straight to Santiago - home town of my once friend Gonzalo. It was a Posted by Flav-Greg in Flavia & Gregory go LA | Apr 14, 2007
- Election time in Arequipa
Alas...it was time to leave Nazca and take the wonderful cold night bus up into the mountains to Arequipa, Peru.
And so: Arequipa
We slept in (recoverving from the bus) and did the usual wandering of the streets of the new Posted by NateKristy in A Todo el Mundo | Jun 6, 2006
- You want to fly?
Today we awoke with the purpose of going... dun dun dun dun! Paragliding!
But then we sat... and waited... and waited some more. And the lady did not come as promised. So, joy of joys, Kristy got to use Posted by NateKristy in A Todo el Mundo | Jun 9, 2006
- Puerto Montt and Pucon, Chile
Thursday 5th April
Puerto Montt
Didn't plan for Puerto Montt to have much of an entry on this blog, but on arriving at the bus terminal a few minutes walk from the ferry harbour, we find out that the buses from here Posted by pdsaustin in Around the world in 365 days... | Apr 13, 2007
- Puyuhuapi and Chaiten, Chile
Saturday 31st March
to Puyuhuapi
Whilst the woman who sold us our bus tickets for todays trip was very friendly, we're still keeping our fingers crossed that we actually depart today.
Thankfully we do, and get away on time at 8am. We were Posted by pdsaustin in Around the world in 365 days... | Apr 10, 2007
- Chile Chico, Puerto Ibanez, Coyhaique, Chile
Wednesday 28th March
Chile Chico, Chile
Next morning, the twattery continues from the ******* girls - their alarm goes off, which they don't bother to switch off. One of them is whisper/shouting across to her big arse friend to get up, and Posted by pdsaustin in Around the world in 365 days... | Apr 5, 2007
- Valparaiso and a long bus journey to the Atacama Desert
Greetings amigos from San pedro de Atacama! Since my last entry, Lucy and I have travelled far and wide bringing us to this wonderful place of small delights, sand and stray dogs.
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- Bariloche to Pucon
We left Bariloche around 8 am on Easter Day: 4.8 degrees!!!!!!!!The days are nice and hot but the nights are really cold, and it is not even winter yet…
On day 2 in Bariloche we went for a walk in the Posted by Flav-Greg in Flavia & Gregory go LA | Apr 9, 2007
- The Carretera Austral and Ruta 40
From the wonders of the Fitz Roy Parque we started our next 26-hour driving stretch up to Bariloche following the Ruta 40 in Argentina first and then the Carretera Austral in Chile, stopping twice to sleep ‘rough’ by Lago General Posted by Flav-Greg in Flavia & Gregory go LA | Apr 6, 2007
- Isla Chiloé
Nachdem wir endlich unseren Oelwechsel hinter uns gebracht hatten und unser Auto nun fuer alle Faelle geruestet zu sein schien, machten wir uns auf die lange Reise zur Isla Chiloe. In der Nacht davor wurden wir, sprich Chris, noch von Posted by surfers in Pascal & Chris | Apr 1, 2007
- Alli In Hospital in Santiago, Chile
Dear All,
This will be the last entry at the moment.
Alli was admitted into a hospital in Santiago on Monday 2 April 2007 following a visit Monday morning. She suspected she had a blood clot in her left again.
Her suspicions turned Posted by Jason316uk in South American Explorations | Apr 4, 2007
- Valdivia - Chile
After an 8 hour (not 5 hours as stated in the Lonely Liar) we made the trip from Bariloche to Valdivia, Chile. It is defined as, "perhaps the most attractive city in Chile".
Chile must have some pretty ugly cities Posted by Jason316uk in South American Explorations | Apr 1, 2007
- Torres del Paine
We were in the worlds southern most ¨Fin del Mundo´ Ushuaia, Argentina and had a rendezvous with our other two travelling companions in Puerto Mont, some 2500km and another country away in ten days time. From Tierra del Fuego apart Posted by Boot in HOLA Buenos Aires | Mar 31, 2007
- Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales, Chile....
Punta Arenas
Monday 12th March
Arrived about 7pm after 11 or so hours from Ushuaia. First thing to sort out was to get hold of some Chilean Pesos.
Managed to find about 5 ATM's, none of which would give us any cash. Seems Posted by pdsaustin in Around the world in 365 days... | Mar 30, 2007
- Sth America -4-Chile & Torres del Paine
So we arrived in Punto Arenas on the early evening after that really early bus after spending the bus either meeting new people or making up backgrounds for the other travelers.... the real people ((he stories are funny but crazy)... Posted by Rraven in Ravens Travels | Mar 25, 2007
- Torres del Paine
Here we are - have been off-line for a couple of days, courtesy of the National Park Torres del Paine. To date the best mountains I have seen, I think possibly better than the Dolomites, or competing pretty close!!
We Posted by Flav-Greg in Flavia & Gregory go LA | Mar 28, 2007
- Pichilemu – Concepción / Coronel
Nach drei schoenen Tagen in Pichilemu, mit kleinen aber feinen Wellen, ging es weiter in Richtung Concepción, genauer Coronel. Chris brauchte ein Surfboard, der Anzug sass wie angegossen, aber der Wellenschlitzer musste noch her. Wir wollten unser Glueck Posted by surfers in Pascal & Chris | Mar 25, 2007
- Coronel - Quillon - Valdivia
Nach zwei Tagen bei Manuel, seiner Frau und seiner Schwester wollten wir endlich wieder unabhaengig sein. Wir fuehlten uns zwar sehr willkommen geheissen von allen dreien, doch wollten wir die chilenische Gastfreundlichkeit nicht zu sehr beanspruchen. Wir Posted by surfers in Pascal & Chris | Mar 27, 2007
- Santiago - Pichilemu
Am Mittwochmorgen erhielten wir das langersehnte Telefon der Garage, dass wir unseren TAG abholen koennen. Natuerlich packten wir rasch unsere sieben Sachen in unseren Jeep und fuhren endlich los. Unser TAG funktionierte zwar noch nicht richtig (er piepst Posted by surfers in Pascal & Chris | Mar 24, 2007