Destination: Chile

Bariloche and Pucon

Sat, 15 May 2010 | By kate2501 | Views [3200] | Comments [1]

Hola amigos, I am writing from Pucon in Chile, a beautiful town at the base of the active volcano Villarrica. We arrived here yesterday from Bariloche on an extremely bloody uncomfortable 12 hr no frills bus ride. It probably didn´t help matters that ... Read more >

Ioranna Rapa Nui

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [3400]

Our next destination was one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands, originally know to the locals as Te Pito o Te Henua, meaning navel of the world or the ends of the land. Today it’s known as Rapa Nui (Polynesian), Isla de Pascua (Spanish) ... Read more >

Tags: ahu, easter island, isla de pascua, moai, petroglyphs, rapa nui

Chile 2

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 | By redcherry | Views [661]

28.03.10 Border Crossing, again bags off the truck but this time manually searched by immigration. The one sniffer dog at the border was very young and didnt climb onto the back of the truck as directed, instead enjoying lots of pats and attention from ... Read more >

Tags: chile

Chile 1

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 | By redcherry | Views [701]

18.03.10 Crossed the border into Chile, stopped in a small town for lunch and had an amazing burger bigger than the size of my palm, was only able to eat half of it. Crossed a ferry and set up camp at the side of a restaurant, had a 3 course meal in ... Read more >

Tags: chile

Photos: 2010-04-27, Niver Amandita 2

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 | By mandybr | Photo Gallery

Fear and Loathing in Valparasio

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [3120] | Comments [1]

We arrived in Pucon as if by magic! Well, actually we arrived by our usual form of transportation after crossing the Andes, I just don’t want to start another blog writing about another bus journey :) Pucon Volcan Villarrica stands ... Read more >

Tags: huerquehue, pucon, santiago de chile, valparasio, volcan villarrica

Homeward Bound, Air France, Volcano´s and earthquakes willing

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 | By peterlee54 | Views [394]

Well that´s about it. I have spent the last few days here in Santiago just enjoying the sunshine and warm weather. I have tried and failed to find Santiago interesting! Most of the old Colonial buildings are either, so run down that they are ruins, been ... Read more >

The first countdown!

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 | By mandybr | Views [679]

Estamos na nossa primeira contagem regressiva, desde a vinda ao Chile! Na quarta-feira vamos ao Brasil, para resolver algumas pendências pessoais e rever família e amigos queridos, comemorar meu aniversário (nham! :) ) e matar um pouquinho das saudades ... Read more >

Tags: centro artesanal los dominicos, fidae, mall sport, mendoza, pucón

Valparaiso.

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 | By peterlee54 | Views [423]

Not much today except for the Diplomatic incident!! Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar is the playground for Santiago folks who need to get out of the city at the weekend. I cannot say that the city is lovely but there is something about it that makes ... Read more >

Photos: 2010-04-17, Aniversário Marconi

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 | By mandybr | Photo Gallery

Photos: 2010-04-15, Jogo Colo-Colo x Cruzeiro

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 | By mandybr | Photo Gallery

Photos: Wine and road works

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 | By peterlee54 | Photo Gallery

Wine Water and Road works!

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 | By peterlee54 | Views [496]

The wine tour was a great success, with us all ending up having a meal togather. The area around Mendoza produces more that 70% of the wine produced in Argentina! The grape that hey seem to be so proud of is Melbec. This is similar to Merlot but they ... Read more >

Photos: 2010-04-14, Show Epica

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 | By mandybr | Photo Gallery

Photos: FIDAE (28/03/10)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 | By raonicm | Photo Gallery