Destination: Chile

High and Dry in Salta & Jujuy

Sun, 10 May 2009 | By globalgirljen | Views [1393] | 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: humahuaca, pumamarca, salta, tilcara

Gallery: San Pedro

Wed, 6 May 2009 | By iainjosim | Photo Gallery

Yabba Dabba Doo

Wed, 6 May 2009 | By iainjosim | Views [1136] | Comments [2]

We’re now in San Pedro, a funny little tourist town in the middle of the desert (apparently the driest in the world – they got 9mm last year, so suck it up Melbourne) that looks straight out of the Flintstones. The town isn’t really the main attraction ... Read more >

Tags: chile, san pedro

Gooooooooooooooooool!

Sun, 3 May 2009 | By iainjosim | Views [928]

Despite hitting town on a public holiday and everything being closed, we really liked Santiago. The museums and buildings are quite cool, but the two main highlights were definitely seeing Universidad de Chile beat La Serena at the national football ... Read more >

Tags: santiago chile futbol

Gallery: Santiago

Fri, 1 May 2009 | By iainjosim | Photo Gallery

Cooking without heat

Fri, 1 May 2009 | By iainjosim | Views [1531] | Comments [2]

In Santiago, Chile now, after a few days in Valparaiso. We hadn't really expected so much of this trip to be about food (and we keep hearing that it's not great in Bolivia and Peru), but we've had some amazing stuff so far. The food was so good in Valparaiso ... Read more >

Tags: valparaiso cafe vinilo ceviche

Gallery: Valporaiso

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 | By iainjosim | Photo Gallery

Putre und Altiplano - der hohe Norden

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 | By karin_lang | Views [1352]

Die letzte Station in Chile nach ueber 4000km ist fast ein bisschen überraschend zu einem richtigen Hoehepunkt geworden. Meine letzen 4 Tage wurden auch wegen George und Marisol die die huebsche Mountain Lodge betreiben ein Highlight. Herzliche Gastgeber ... Read more >

Quick Taste of Chile - Santiago and Valpariso

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 | By globalgirljen | Views [1164]

Since mid April, after the Volcano trek in Pucon, we took a bus over the Andes to Santiago to continue our visit in Chile.  After a fantastic adventure through Patagonia, Santiago (any big city) was set up to have a hard time impressing us. But McLure ... Read more >

Tags: chile, santiago, valparaiso

Reality Check 101

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 | By melissamain | Views [773]

She swings dramatically between two camps: 1) wanting to go home now and 2) to keep travelling, finding new homes and new friends forever . These two extremes oscillate with the time of day, amount of food in her belly, liquid in her head, how many ... Read more >

Tags: backpacker, exchange, oscillate, rich, tourist

Llegada a Bangkok

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 | By mapritio | Views [288]

El arribo a bangkok fue realmente freak, entre chatos de viajar, mendigar los boletos, ansiosos de llegar a Tailandia, soportar el calor increíble, olores indescrptibles por todos lados... en fin, acá van algunas fotos.

Tags: bangkok

Gallery: Iquique

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 | By karin_lang | Photo Gallery

Valle de Elqui

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 | By karin_lang | Views [726]

Inmitten der Wueste ein subtropisches Paradies. 330 Tage Sonne und kuehle klare Naechte. Wer traeumt da nicht davon zu wohnen. Wir tun es zumindest 4 Tage in einer wundervollen kleinen Anlage im Schatz des Tesoro, den mittlerweile seit 4 Jahren 2 junge ... Read more >

Gallery: Die Wüste

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 | By karin_lang | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Die Wueste - San Pedro de Atacama

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 | By karin_lang | Photo Gallery