Destination: Chile

Photos: Day 32 (8-5) Rapa Nui (Full Day Tour)

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 | By cee_402 | Photo Gallery

Day 32 (8-5): Chile Rapa Nui

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 | By cee_402 | Views [319]

- Breakfast is served from 8 to 10 every day. When I walked out of my room at 8:15, I was the last one at the table. We started discussing our plans for the day. Natalie and I planned to check out the Museum to get a better understanding of the Island´s ... Read more >

Photos: Day 31 (8-4) Rapa Nui (Coast Near Residence)

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By cee_402 | Photo Gallery

Day 31 (8-4): Chile Rapa Nui

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By cee_402 | Views [392]

- One couple at the hostel is taking the same flight to Easter Island, so we set out together at 5:30 am to take the airport bus for our 8 am flight. (LAN Airlines is the only flight operator to Easter Island and there is only one flight per day, occasionally ... Read more >

Photos: Day 30 (8/3) Santiago

Tue, 3 Aug 2010 | By cee_402 | Photo Gallery

Day 30 (8-3): Chile Santiago

Tue, 3 Aug 2010 | By cee_402 | Views [327]

- An early morning (8 am as usual) and walked around Santiago Central.  - Headed to San Cristobal noon-ish. Original plan was to walk up to the Virgin Mary statue (6 km), but by then I had already walked 4 hours, non-stop. Gave myself a break, and ... Read more >

Lots of Snow and a trip to town

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By gandd | Views [502]

Well first month is over and all is well, not much to report, for a few reasons.   The first being that we have had largest snow dump, they said it was the biggest in the last 15yrs. This prevented us from going up the hill to build trails, ... Read more >

Photos: Local town and Bike trails

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By gandd | Photo Gallery

Day 21 (7-25): Chile San Pedro - Jujuy

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 | By cee_402 | Views [365]

- A long bus day today.  - Bus was supposed to arrive at 09:30 am, but it did not come until 11 am. We spent another hour at the Chile immigration booth 3 minutes away from the bus station. The busload of passengers couldn´t help but wonder: Wouldn´t ... Read more >

Day 20 (7-24): Chile San Pedro de Atacama

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 | By cee_402 | Views [325]

- Third time walking the same ´trail´, but instead of stopping at Quitor Pukara (which I had been to twice), I decided to take it further to Toconoa and the Catarpe ruins. Honestly, I am kind of numb to ruins (and mummies). They have great historial ... Read more >

Photos: Day 20 (7/24) San Pedro de Atacama

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 | By cee_402 | Photo Gallery

Day 19 (7-23): Chile San Pedro de Atacama

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 | By cee_402 | Views [715]

- I started to hate myself. I woke up at 02:30, 03:00 and finally 03:30 for the Geyser del Tatio tour. By that time I was super tired. - Keeping the tips I got from the group yesterday night in mind (they went on the Geyser trip the day before and ... Read more >

Photos: Day 19 (7/23) San Pedro de Atacama

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 | By cee_402 | Photo Gallery

Day 18 (7-22): Chile San Pedro de Atacama

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 | By cee_402 | Views [360]

- Woke up at 8 am, and walked around the main streets. Found a Hostel (Inti Para) 2 blocks from the one I was staying - same price, rooms and bathrooms and nice and neat, and most importantly they provided internet access too. It was a sweet little hostel ... Read more >

Photos: Days 16-18 (7/20 - 22) San Pedro de Atacama

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 | By cee_402 | Photo Gallery