- Parque Nacional Alerce Andino
After getting a taste of large alerce trees at Pumalin we wanted to see even bigger ones, and the only place to do that is at the national park. Being only 40km from Puerto Montt, the park is relatively Posted by edenjosh in Eden and Josh | Apr 15, 2008
- The Grand Isle of Chiloe
We took the bus down to Castro in the centre of the island of Chiloe to catch a glimpse of this changing and unique culture. Because of it´s relative isolation, Chiloe is somewhat backwards from the rest of Chile. Posted by edenjosh in Eden and Josh | Apr 15, 2008
- Chaiten and Parque Pumalin
Bus service in the off-season is extremely limited in rural Patagonia so we ended up staying in Coyhaique for three nights. This wasn´t too bad since it was the first place in a month or so which had tons Posted by edenjosh in Eden and Josh | Apr 15, 2008
- Santiago
We left Sydney a bit late, after someone higher up decided the plane didn't need to depart until 4 hours after the original time.
Flight itself was pretty uneventful, and we got to the Posted by jhetland in Travelling Wakanoobies | Apr 12, 2008
- Wine harvest casablanca Chile 2008
We have just had a wonderful time in Valparaiso taking in all the sights of this enchanting town full of spectacular views. We also decided to take in a winetour in the casabalanca with winetoursvalparaiso.
Luckily for us we came at Posted by vmode21 in wine harvest casablanca Chile 2008 | Apr 9, 2008
- Puerto Varas to Chiloe
Made it over the Andes and into Chile! Got through the border quite quickly as the guards checked our passports while sharing a Mate (a weird tasting tea-sort of drink it's a tradition to drink and pass around over Posted by Steve-Kay in South American Honeymoon! | Apr 8, 2008
- Santiago Day 3
Santiago Day 3
Valparaiso & Vina del Mar full day tour .. took us an hour to exit Santiago for the 80 minute drive to Valparaiso as the Santiago Marathon meant every street the driver wanted to use was closed, this Posted by Midworlder in Midworlder's World Tour | Apr 7, 2008
- [preface]
Foreword:
It has been an interesting five years, with dreams ebbing, flowing, changing and evolving.
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Latin America: the place I always knew would come back to me (and not the inverse) some undisclosed day in the future. I've waited Posted by coffmanlz in you've been all over | Feb 28, 2008
- Santiago
We had a full day drive to get to Santiago so to liven up the truck I decided to celebrate Easter with everyone. I bought real eggs for everyone and multiples of pens, coloured paper and glitter. We had an Posted by dee d in South America | Apr 1, 2008
- Pucon
So after a delayed start we finally made it to Pucon. Crossing the border into Chile it was amazing how the scenery changed, from the Argentinian Lake District into the deep green lava made valleys punctuated by single standing snow Posted by dee d in South America | Apr 1, 2008
- Santiago - Day 2
The day starts of with a trip to the gym (needed badly) and breakfast in the hotel. Then a 1/2 day tour of the city - 4 people on this tour and it turns out there is a NZ couple Posted by Midworlder in Midworlder's World Tour | Apr 5, 2008
- Leaving New Zealand
The Journey begins ......
At 46 years of age a Banker and only the occasional overseas trip I have decided to take some time off and visit a few places in the world. I am going alone although I will Posted by Midworlder in Midworlder's World Tour | Apr 5, 2008
- Cochrane to Coyhaique
So we stayed two nights in Cochrane before catching a bus to Villa Cerro Castillo where we did another long 4-day trek. The trek was quite incredible, camping under tall basalt towers and we only saw two other trekkers. Posted by edenjosh in Eden and Josh | Apr 3, 2008
- Adventurous crossing over the Andes
While camping in Chalten we met some Swiss cyclists who told us about a rather labourious crossing from Chile to Argentina that involved two ferries and a day of trekking. It sounded pretty cool to me, and I was Posted by edenjosh in Eden and Josh | Apr 3, 2008
- La Serena & Vicuna
La Serena is a beach town popular with Chilians. It is the first chance we had to swim in the Pacific and it is freeeeezing. I went in anyway because the weather was hot and the waves were huge. I Posted by oharridge in South America | Apr 1, 2008
- Bariloche
Bariloche is a popular ski resort, famous for its chocolate shops, but it was off season and there wasn't any snow. There are hundreds of chalets, or bungalows, all built in a swiss ski resort style. We arrived at our Posted by oharridge in South America | Apr 1, 2008
- Desierto de Atacama
we took our nightbus and arrived early morning in san pedro de atacama, a very quiet and desertlike town with mudbrick houses and tourist agencies abound. we´re not the only tourists here, but it doesn´t matter, the town keeps its Posted by ankebart in bonnie & clyde | Mar 27, 2008
- Croisière de 4 jours au milieu des fiords
25 au 28 fevrier
16h nous mettons les voiles
Me voici à bord du fameux Navimag, un bateau qui fait la liaison entre Puerto Montt et Puerto Natales.
Essentiellement pour approvisonner Puerto Natales qui n'est accessible que par la mer ou par te Posted by flavienc in 5 mois sur la cordillère des Andes | Feb 28, 2008
- New Friends in Santiago, Valparaiso and Viña del Mar
After a spectacular bus ride over the Andes, we arrived in Santiago, Chile where we met Pablo Fernandez, a former exchange student with Amy´s relatives in Arkansas. An unantici Posted by RobandAmy in South America Sabbatical | Mar 21, 2008
- Elqui Valley + Bahia inglesa
We have had some lazy days up until now, but we needed it after Santiago!
We saw some beautiful wonders of mother nature though, Elqui valley, so nice and quiet... a fertile valley in between dry mountains where the national drink Posted by ankebart in bonnie & clyde | Mar 21, 2008
- Seul
21 fevrier - Mendoza
La nuit fut courte. Je boucle mon sac, tout rentre mais c'est encore bien plein et bien lourd. J'ai largué à pap tout mes vetement d'expe mais je dois toujours avoir 17 kilos plus 5 dans mon Posted by flavienc in 5 mois sur la cordillère des Andes | Feb 24, 2008
- das war chile...
die "torres", das grosse ziel unserer reise - jetzt ist es vorbei.... es ist ein bisschen wie beim kochen: lange zeiten der vorbereitung und aufregung, ob auch alles klappt und dann ist es ganz schnell gegessen. und hat´s geschmeckt? also Posted by agentin b in die welt in drei wochen | Mar 19, 2008
- die kathedralen patagoniens
1. tag
auf der 2 1/2 stuendigen busfahrt zum nationalpark haben wir genug zeit, uns beim anblick der tiefhaengenden wolken gedanken darueber zu machen, was wohl waere, wenn es nur regnet, das zelt nicht dicht ist, die schlafsaecke nass werden un Posted by agentin b in die welt in drei wochen | Mar 18, 2008
- Santiago, Chile!
Hello!
At the moment, we are in Santiago, Chile, a really great city!
Last week we stayed around Uspallata, Las Cuevas, to enjoy the nature, beautiful! At the hostel there, we were only with 5 guests, so it was very quiet, very Posted by ankebart in bonnie & clyde | Mar 16, 2008
- Beach Days...Viña and Valpo
After Pucon we got a long overnight bus to Santaigo, and left immediately on a bus to Vina del Mar so we could spend a few days at the beach.
Vina is beautiful!! Its a lot like Rio de Jane Posted by katr17fish in Backpacking South America | Mar 16, 2008