Destination: Chile
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Tue, 9 May 2006 | By stowaway | Views [2518] | Comments [12]

Well if you can land the space shuttle on the runway here, it must have pretty good brakes! Running from one side of the narrowest part of the almost triangular Easter island, the airport is wedged between 2 volcanoes at its sides and the sea at each ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, easter island, moai, rapa nui, stowaway, chile, volcanoes, rano kau, space shuttle, motorscooter
Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Views [315] | Comments [11]

Harrowing tunnel experiences, morning hill climbs, our old friend dehydration - all part of our trip from Santiago to Valparaiso Monday. Not to mention a meandering dirt bike path designed by an urban planner with an excellent sense of humor. We ... Read more >
Sat, 8 Mar 2008 | By jacques360 | Views [253] | Comments [11]
I arrived in Santiago, Chile on Feb. 7, after a 13 hour flight from LAX, with a one hour layover in Panama. The flight was actually pretty easy. Stayed at the Andes Hostel for five days, five hot days...in the ninties. A great city, lots of museums ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [516] | Comments [10]

Once we left Puerto Natales, we headed to Punta Arenas for an uneventful 15 hours, and then got on our 30 hour bus ride to the Lake district of Argentina and Chile. Originally we were supposed to go to Puerto Montt, but while we were under way we made ... Read more >
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [288] | Comments [10]

Ein ganz sonniges Grüsschen ins winterliche Deutschland aus Santiago der Hauptstadt Chiles. Nach einer 11 stündigen Busfahrt von Pucón nach Santiago, bin ich erstmal ganz verwundert gewesen, denn das Busterminal, an welchem ich angekommen bin, musste ... Read more >
Tags: santiago
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By k-lero | Views [603] | Comments [9]

Aquí ando otra vez! Ahora mismo estoy en Santiago de Chile, alojado en casa de unos gallegos que estudian aquí y que conocí ayer, pero dejaré ese capítulo para otro día... El pasado domingo partimos desde Buenos Aires hacia Mendoza, 13 horas en un autobús ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [251] | Comments [9]

Ohne groß Hallo zu sagen lege ich gleich los, denn die Begeisterung steckt mir immer noch in den Knochen. Ich bin seit 4 Tagen in San Pedro de Atacama, welches auf 2500m über dem Meeresspiegel liegt, und hab 3 wunderschöne Touren in für mich bisher unbekannte ... Read more >
Tags: san pedro de atacama, valle de la luna, el tatio
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 | By tpara | Views [183] | Comments [9]
My last night in Peru i ran into a Colombian on a 1150 GS, so we made a plan to ride together for the day. It was strange riding with someone after so many months of riding alone. We reached the frontier papers at the ready, just stamp me and the bike ... Read more >
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By k-lero | Views [649] | Comments [8]

Es un auténtico
gustazo entrar aquí y ver todos vuestros comentarios, eso sube la moral a
cualquiera!
Al final sí llegué
a San Pedro de Atacama, un día más tarde por el incidente de la cartera, pero
llegué.
San Pedro es ... Read more >
Tags: atacama, san pedro, desert, chile
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 | By llamalovers | Views [546] | Comments [8]

Here we are, day number 6 in Chile. We left the capital of Santiago several days ago and arrived in Valparaiso (literally ¨"go to paradise") on Monday afternoon. This city is definitely a place everyone should see before they die. The city ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Sat, 7 Jul 2007 | By jenosn | Views [360] | Comments [8]
24 Hours north of Santiago: I had purchased the last ticket only hours before leaving Santiago and was luckily seated by the window as this was going to be the longest bus ride I have ever taken. Leaving in the afternoon provided me with a few hours ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [232] | Comments [8]

Our time in Puerto Natales was mostly reading books, knitting a new hat(this time out of rainbow colored alpaca wool)and studying some spanish. In the end we probably could have hitch hiked out of here, because I did not realize how long the 5 days ... Read more >
Sun, 9 Nov 2008 | By eburguera | Views [129] | Comments [8]

Pues resulta que al ser domingo, esta todo cerrado en Concepcion. Nos dimos un paseo y eso, pero de momento nada interesante que contar. Manana empieza el congreso y las excursiones. It turns out that mostly everything is closed in Concepcion on Sundays.... Read more >
Sat, 6 May 2006 | By stowaway | Views [2300] | Comments [7]

Hiya all, Well here i am in Santiago, smog capital of Chile. The smog is so thick you can only really see about 5 blocks. Santiago is right next to the Andes mountains to the west, (which you can just make out some of the top outline of it, if you ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, chile, santiago, smog
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 | By nortina | Views [1086] | Comments [7] | Video

Hoy
comencé a pensar en las ridiculeces que he visto en mi vida y que, en su mayoría,
me han hecho reír.
Una
de las mejores y más recientes es este video (no es el que está aquí puesto), encontrado ni más
ni menos que ... Read more >
Tags: chavo del 8, cantinflas, estupideces
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 | By llamalovers | Views [469] | Comments [7]

You know a trip is going to be crappy when the first thing you see when you get to your destination is a toilet full of crap! And that was the first thing Meli happened upon when we got to Chiloé. Chiloé is a small island in the South of Chile. ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Mon, 12 May 2008 | By nortina | Views [428] | Comments [7] | Video

Lamentable. Pero el dedo índice de la mano izquierda que me torcí en el trabajo (Bakers Delight) ¡está más chueco que nunca! No importa, ya iré al traumatólogo para tratar de enderezarlo y para que de una vez por todas deje de dolerme. Quiero ... Read more >
Tags: brasil, portugués
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 | By nortina | Views [301] | Comments [7]
A veces no puedo dormir A veces digo tonteras A veces me siento tonta A veces me siento un genio A veces me caigo de la bicicleta A veces corro a 100 por hora A veces hablo inglés A veces no hablo nada de inglés ... Read more >
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By nortina | Views [262] | Comments [7]
Jueves 5 de junio. 16:30 horas. Temperatura: no sé. Pero me acuerdo que no hacía mucho frío. Salí de mi casa creyendo que iba con suficiente tiempo para llegar puntualmente al dentista. La vez anterior el tiempo me sobró, así que creí que en esta ... Read more >
Tags: transantiago, como animales
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 | By sandn | Views [161] | Comments [7]
So from San Juan we had the most awesome drive ever. We journeyed North, then West and finally South (deliberately so that we could drive through this incredible Valley). The mountains were enormous, some of them snow capped and very dry, shades of ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By llamalovers | Views [481] | Comments [6]

Pucon, Chile-it could possibly the adventurer´s dream. The small community itself is completely surrounded by verdant mountains that jut powerfully into the sky. More stunning however is Volcan Villarica that looms in the distance. It smokes daily, ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 | By an_oliver | Views [383] | Comments [6]
16 th April 2008: - Australia & New Zealand for the past 4 months have been very easy going, with the ability to communicate with everyone you meet. We are now looking forward to the challenge that is South America. We touch down in the capital ... Read more >
Tue, 1 May 2007 | By shannon-andy | Views [315] | Comments [6]
We got a plane from Santiago to Punta Arenas in the south of Chile, from there it was a 3 hour bus ride to Puerto Natales where our tour started. We were stoked that our hostel was nice and we had a tv and own bathroom. The owner looked like a hilbilly ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Fri, 6 Feb 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [299] | Comments [6]

So oder ähnlich lässt sich das beschreiben, was ich so in den Tagen nach Chaiten erlebt habe! Nach Chaiten heisst auch, Strom, fliessend Wasser, Internet und heisse Duschen! Welch Luxus! Wie gesagt haben wir Chaiten per Fähre verlassen, die wegen ... Read more >
Tags: chaiten, chiloe, castro, villarica
Sat, 3 May 2008 | By nortina | Views [257] | Comments [6]
Estuve viendo la biograf í a de Joanne K. Rowling, la autora de mi héroe Harry Potter (mi héroe infantil, porque mi héroe héroe héroe es Indiana Jones). Luego de haber terminado de ver dicho documental, no pude dejar de pensar que debo escribir algo ... Read more >