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  • Santiago & a change of scenery Hello people! Apologies for the radio silence - you would think that New Zealand would have plentiful internet access but it turns out that free internet at every stop is a luxury that we left behind in South America...who'd have thought Posted by SooMagoo in The Sharmagoo Odyssey | Jun 11, 2008
  • San Pedro de Atacama There are some more pictures up in the gallery - see the previous post for the link. Please bear with us while we get used to putting pictures into the blog entries! The La Paz roadblocks to Potosi were showing no Posted by The Pratts in Adventures of the Pratts | Jun 11, 2008
  • Greetings from Puerto Varas! Hello friends! Much love to all of you. After our 12 hour bus ride from Santiago to the Región de los Lagos I have finally arrived with 10 other volunteers to Puerto Varas, a charming city Posted by coffmanlz in you've been all over | Jun 9, 2008
  • Life in the desert First impression of Chile - everybody speaks Spanish here, and most of the people you need to speak to (transport workers, waiters etc.) rarely speak English. Probably shouldn't have come as too much of a shock, but I've been Posted by jamesw in James' World Tour 2008 | Jun 9, 2008
  • Like Flogging a Dead Horse To Cross Countries Early in the morning my bleary eyes notice 15 more minuites untill I need to leave the hotel bed and so they close, not to be opened again until the phone in the room rings with, upon answer, a voice Posted by FlatCapped in Investigating the world | May 17, 2008
  • Santiago days Our time in Mendoza, was limited by the news that some Irish accomplices we had made in Buenos Aires were going to be in Santiago along with Linnie, our adopted brother we keep bumping into on the road. Linnie in Posted by anita17 in From Mendoza forth........ | May 31, 2008
  • Chile! Getting to Santiago proved slightly more problematic than we had anticipated. On Tuesday 5th February we made our way to Auckland airport, massively excited at the thought of starting the next chapter of our travelling adventure. After queuing Posted by Curleys in Curley World Tour! | Mar 1, 2008
  • The Nightmare bus After much waiting, riding, and freezing the three of us have arrived in Mendoza, Argentina. After a few days in Valparaiso and Vina del Mar we decided to take a short trip over the Andes to the wine country of Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | May 29, 2008
  • Lightning strikes twice Frank, Zach, and I arrived in Valparaiso on Friday afternoon after a short bus ride from Santiago. Valparaiso is a relatively small city set on the Pacific coast - it was a boom town that shipped massive amounts of grain Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | May 25, 2008
  • The Pied Pipers Frank and Zach arrived yesterday in Santiago after a long bus ride from the atacama desert in northern Chile. I was laying in bed early in the morning in the hostel when I heard the distinctive voices of the Kearl Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | May 22, 2008
  • Le desert d'Atacama Mardi 8 avril Salta - San Pedro de Atacama Je quitte Salta sous la pluie. Et pour enlever le peu de soleil qui aurait egaillé ma journée; au lieu d'avoir une suedoise assise à coté de moi dans le bus j'ai un énooorme Posted by flavienc in 5 mois sur la cordillère des Andes | Apr 9, 2008
  • Andean Mountain High I arrived in Santiago after a 27 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires. The trip should of taken much less time but while crossing the Andes we ran into a blizzard. I think I missed the page in the guidebook Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | May 19, 2008
  • Salta and San Pedro de Atacama After yet another overnight bus, we arrived in Salta, Argentina. Josh was under-the-weather so we spent most of our time here taking it easy so he could re-coup. We visited some churches, sat in the town squares and Posted by edenjosh in Eden and Josh | May 11, 2008
  • San Pedro de Atacama Hello! We last left you about to board a bus to La Serena from Valparaiso. Although we've had longer bus journey this trip, this 7 hour one dropped us off around 1 in the morning, so we were not at Posted by robandal in Rob and Al's Big Ol' Trip | May 6, 2008
  • Santiago and Valparaiso After the exertions of Pucon, we enjoyed the luxury of our first 'semi cama' (about 45o reclining seat) bus trip overnight to Santiago. We were exhausted after the trip up the Volcano and I managed to sleep the majority Posted by Steve-Kay in South American Honeymoon! | May 3, 2008
  • Valdivia to Pucon Found a lovely place to stay in Valdivia - met a nice old woman who didn't have room in her house so she took us to her friends house, who then took us to her daughters house which turned out Posted by Steve-Kay in South American Honeymoon! | May 3, 2008
  • Chile Dear diary, It's raining cats and dogs and we're on a packed bus heading to Puerto Natales in Chile. I'm sitting next to an Israeli called David and he's quite nice, but unfortunately snores rather loudly, and between snores I can Posted by spacebooth in Esther's Adventure | Apr 24, 2008
  • Hola de Chile! Hello again this time from Chile! Sadly our arrival in south america marks the start of the last leg of our journey....i´m sure the last we checked it had only just begun! After our last night in Fiji we woke up Posted by robandal in Rob and Al's Big Ol' Trip | May 1, 2008
  • Valparaiso and Vina del mar Valparaiso is an interesting coastal town with many colourful buildings. There's a small port but I am not sure how much business it brings in, I think most of the business is from tourism but it's not enough. The town Posted by sbellam in reluctant traveller | Feb 23, 2008
  • Sandboarding Dee wasn't up for the sandboarding so me, Gaz and Claire got a 9 o'clock excursion to a place just outside town where there was a huge sand dune. There was a path leading up to the top and depending Posted by oharridge in South America | Apr 17, 2008
  • San Pedro de Atacama After driving for what seemed like days without seeing any sign of civilization we finally arrived in San Pedro de Atacama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro_de_Atacama). Atacama is a huge desert in northern Chile and right in the middle lie Posted by dee d in South America | Apr 17, 2008
  • The Atacama From La Serena it was a long overnight bus ride to San Pedro de Atacama where I spent the next few days. The town is really small with only about 2000 people living here, and a lot of tourists. Posted by katiew in White Around The World | Apr 12, 2008
  • Pan de Azúcar National Park We were heading into a national park and then a desert, so facilities and shops would be scarce/expensive and we had to stock up for the next 5 days. Because we were ascending rapidly from sea level to over 5000m Posted by oharridge in South America | Apr 17, 2008
  • Music is my aeroplane... I'll happily put my hand up and admit that I'm one of those freaks who enjoys flying. Yes, yes they are cramped conditions, but how often does someone bring you your food in those cute little compartments, with on demand Posted by wherestara in Tara | Apr 16, 2008
  • Das Ende ;) Dann sind wir dann auf einmal zur Zivilisation gekommen! Es gab Strom und sogar Satelliteninternet!! Im Hotel gab es eine Dusche! Am Busterminal wurde das Geheimnis der Busreise dann geklaert: 48 Stunden. Also immerhin weniger als wir erwartet haben.. (Z Posted by cosmocrat in Jonas checkt Mittel/Suedamerika | Apr 15, 2008
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