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Tue, 27 Dec 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [1540]

The Carretera Austral, this unpaved pebble stone main road that goes from 2 lanes to 1 somewhere just past Coyhaique is the spine road, the only road, that links the towns of northern Patagonia. It was instigated by Pinoche,t with places like Puyuhuapi ... Read more >
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [861]

This is a 2 pipe tale so if you don't smoke a pipe, maybe make a cup of tea! Chaiten was a town of over 4,000 people and a central hub for all transport: ferries from the west and all buses north, south and east. But, in May 2008, the volcano that ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [684]

Our 9 hour bus trip south consisted of 3 ferry crossings, as they have no roads in some areas, and during those crossings we saw dolphins, otters, sea lions and penguins! Sure beats the P&O route Dover Calais.
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [838]

The lakes district is too far south to get hot; protected by the volcanoes around from too much wind and cold so never too cold and the same volcanic hills ensure that the rain deluges down all year around, so its a very lush, fertile, green area. Many ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [902]

This is listed as an UNESCO town so just one question, Why?! Is it the promenade along the seafront which you can not walk along as it is used to store the giant containers for long haul industrial shipping? Or is it the huge security fences which ... Read more >
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [579]

Brilliant, helped by the fact that we arrived to a warm, summertime city. Santiago is obviously huge, but seems logically laid out with many, many parks, fountains, statues, green areas to shade, sit and chill for a while and tree lined roads. It has ... Read more >
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 | By sally-annephillips | Views [1048]
I’m back! – With an over-packed suitcase and poor Spanish grammar, here I am. And I’m loving it! Before I came, I deliberately played down the excitement to myself – I worked up until a few days before I left and purposely didn’t organise too many ... Read more >
Tags: chile, santiago, south america, travel
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 | By rubylucas | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 7 Nov 2011 | By davidnbrooks | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
If I'm honest with myself I have always loved culture, photography and writing, though I may have not realized it as quickly as I should have. In college I studied Spanish, which required me to live in Latin America for a short time. While I was there ...
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Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011
Mon, 7 Nov 2011 | By themiddleofnowhere | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Sometimes you can travel somewhere looking for a feeling, in my case this happens when I am surrounded by an open landscape. I´ve allways loved travelling, photography and environment, I love travelling because I feel good, feel free,doesn´t matter ...
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Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 | By OffTheBeatenPath | Views [7550] | Comments [1]

Many, many avid hikers and nature lovers
come to Chile to visit Patagonia. However, most of the time, their destination
is the one and only Torres del Paine National Park. Flights to Punta Arenas are
expensive, as are hostels and hotels in the area.... Read more >
Tags: chile, off the beaten path, patagonia, south america, travel
Fri, 14 Oct 2011 | By rubylucas | Photo Gallery
Windy Road
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Fri, 14 Oct 2011 | By rubylucas | Photo Gallery
Small town in the north of Chile
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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 | By rubylucas | Photo Gallery
Around town, at the zoo and up a mountain
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Wed, 7 Sep 2011 | By rubylucas | Views [1646]
So last time I wrote we were at the start of our time in Santiago. We were there for a total of 8 days and now we're in a town called Puerto Varas in the Lakes District in Chile. We're learning that very few things here are simple or logical and that ... Read more >
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