Destination: Chile

Chile - San Pedro de Atacama

Mon, 4 Jun 2012 | By mattandnetty | Views [1097]

We drive about an hour to get to the border crossing. We can not believe the difference in the roads in such a short distance. Tarmac, road signs, barriers! The bus drops us off at San Pedro. This is a small tourist town, where a lot of the trips ... Read more >

Photos: This is me!

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 | By liloentje | Photo Gallery

Flight from Sydney to Santiago in Chile

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 | By kimpixie | Views [833]

Monday 9th April – a day and a half (literally!) Dropped off at the airport, with a big trolley load of bags and three kids, we made our way to the check-in counter. The kids looked so professional, each with their own wheeled ... Read more >

Volcanos, Valpo, Vino and Valley of the Moon

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 | By beckandphil | Views [749]

Climbing Volcan Villarricca From Bariloche it was back over the Andes, on a rather spectacular drive (if you ignore the ash on everything) to Pucon in Chile. In the summer Pucon is a lakeside resort (with some great restaurants) but at this time of ... Read more >

Adiós siuth latina

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 | By simonehawkins | Views [592]

  Sooooooo it's nearly over.... The fantastical adventours of the amazing Simone!!! Spew....!   Really really don't want to leave, have had a fabbo time, it's been lovely having peeps to travel with, different, but nice. Have spent the last few ... Read more >

Is it Chile in Melbourne? Or is it Melbourne in Chile?!

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 | By simonehawkins | Views [870]

Hola Amigos!   Well, it's been a wonderful rancho relaxo time in sunny Valparaiso Chile.  We've managed to navigate the VERY lovely trains from here to Vina del Mar and back, gorgeous seaside town up the coast, and travel the Ascensores, (I ... Read more >

Patagonia; Scenery is pretty good but its a bit windy

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 | By beckandphil | Views [677]

Beagle Channel Cruise For the next few weeks we´re on an organised trip. We´re travelling with Dragoman, on a truck, which has all the equipment we need for camping. There´s 19 people on the trip, a mix of English, Aussies, and Dutch. At the start of ... Read more >

Photos: San Pedro de Atacama

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

Racing through Chile!

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [504]

Blazing sunshine welcomed us on arrival first thing in the morning at Valparaiso, quite a change from what we had left behind in Pucon! First job, book ourselves a bus to San Pedro de Atacama for a few days time, always seems slightly strange that ... Read more >

Photos: Sunny Valparaiso

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

Photos: Cocky sealions and disappearing volcanos

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

Magna-ificent.....Or not!!!

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [520]

Welcome back to The World in a Nutshell! We left Barriloche mostly as planned - if we had planned to start nearly two hours late thanks to bus delays - and arrived in Valdivia, Chile, with little in the way of drama. The bus ride provided us with some ... Read more >

Chile - Santiago & Valparaiso

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 | By cwalker1218 | Views [1820] | Comments [2]

After our mammoth 23 hour bus ride to Santiago, we checked into a nice hostel. Here we stayed in a 6 bed dorm because prices for the peak season are phenomenal. The next few months are going to attack the wallet! Our roommates were a nice Scottish ... Read more >

Photos: Chile - Santiago, Valparaiso & the Coast

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 | By cwalker1218 | Photo Gallery

Villa O'Higgins, the last stop

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 | By zapatosrojos | Views [1621]

We have reached the end of the road in Patagonia, literally. The road, never paved, does not even exist in gravel form from here, so its boat or horse or foot to get across to Argentina!  Villa O'Higgins, named after the general that defended Chile to ... Read more >