Destination: Chile
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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 | By homersmuse | Views [1148] | Comments [4]
I recently had the opportunity to tour Villa Grimaldi, which was once a torture camp during the early years of Pinochet's dictatorship. Our guide, Pedro Matta, was imprisoned and tortured there as a 23 year-old politically active college student. ... Read more >
Tags: politics, chile
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
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
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, 30 May 2007 | By homersmuse | Views [1303] | Comments [1]
My week long trip to Easter Island began with the appropriate apparel: adventure clothes. You know...extra-heavy-duty-gortex hiking boots, fannypacks, cowboy hats, and camoufloge bandanas, all of which feature super-duper-quick-dry technology. My travel ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, easter island, chile, tom jones
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
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, 6 May 2006 | By stowaway | Views [2299] | 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
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!
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
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
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [256] | Comments [6]
Sodele, wie ihr vielleicht schon in der Fotogallerie gesehen habt bin ich nun in Chile angekommen. Am Freitag bin ich um 5 Uhr morgens (für mich eine große Leistung) mit dem Bus nach Punta Arenas / Chile gefahren. An der argentinischen Grenze durften ... Read more >
Tags: punta arenas, chile, puerto natales
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 | By jonno-nadia | Views [327] | Comments [5]
Ok, Time for another update and we´ve been busy. This will be our last entry from Chile as we are in Arica right now at the northern tip of Chile. We enjoyed our last day today with a long walk along the coast and a fabulous seafood lunch on the beach, ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [251] | Comments [5]
Hallo zu Hause! Schön, dass Euch mein letzter Bericht und vor allem die Bilder so gefallen haben! Danke für die tollen Kommentare und emails! Nach 3 Tagen in dem 250 Seelendorf Villa O`Higgins (es fährt nur 2x pro Woche ein Bus) bin ich gestern völlig ... Read more >
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 >
Sun, 1 Jun 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [669] | Comments [4]
Hi everyone, We got back on our first long distance bus since China on Monday to head up to San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile on the edge of the Atacama desert. Fortunately the journey was in complete contrast to the last one in China when we ... Read more >
Sun, 9 Nov 2008 | By eburguera | Views [120] | Comments [4]
Hola a todos, Ya llegamos a Santiago!!! y sin ninguna incidencia, mas bien todo lo contrario, Lan Chile funciona de maravilla y estamos encantados en el...Starbucks (!!!) del aeropuerto. En 20 min salimos para Concepcion, y ya tenemos restaurante fichado ... Read more >
Sun, 14 May 2006 | By stowaway | Views [2059] | Comments [3]
The sun is out today, after another night of torrential rain. Ive been visiting the local markets & doing some souvineer shopping. Pretty much every single building sells tourist things of one shape or another. Hanga Roa is a small, sleepy town ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, easter island, moai, chile
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 | By llamalovers | Views [753] | Comments [3]
I will begin this story with a quote from our blog ¨What´s the Point¨: ...down here, what you see everywhere, are stray dogs. I am the first person to say that you have to help people before you help animals, but this is ridiculous. You see animals ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Sun, 10 May 2009 | By globalgirljen | Views [221] | Comments [3]
Salta became my favorite surprise stop and a true highlight to our 2 months in this great country! Although it wasn´t on our original itinerary, McLure took a quick interest after some Argentines we met at a bar in BA highly suggested we check out its ... Read more >
Tags: salta, humahuaca, tilcara, pumamarca
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 | By llamalovers | Views [354] | Comments [3]
Patagonia as a region grips you--and never lets go. It enchants you. Captures your every glance. Tantilizes your senses! It is no wonder that men upon men have written of this wonderous place. This trip truly has been one through Patagonian terrain, ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
