Destination: Chile

Santiago, Chile

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [1095]

Ok, so our trip to Santiago in Chile didn't start as smoothly as we'd hoped. Missing a flight from Auckland to Santiago was a pretty stressful experience (don't ask us about it yet, when we get back in twelve months we might be able to laugh about it!!), ... Read more >

Tags: chile, santiago

Gallery: Santiago

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 | By bec-simon | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Katalapi Park

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 | By polargirl | Photo Gallery

I too am covered in bees (new things for you to view)

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Views [967] | Comments [4]

Shout out to Shelley E. She made us this amazing map that you yourself can now use to follow our progress. please do. http://www.mapme.com/map/MuttTrax AND... New pictures on the Flickr yall. If you forgot the address from the monkey post ... Read more >

Gallery: Now we are five

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Photo Gallery

¡Reduce the Velocity!

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Views [965]

In a beautiful moment of clarity, Meg and I (Cat) came to realize yes, yes we are indeed soaked to the bone in front of a gaggle of semi-formally dressed co-ed summer-campers aged 10-14. Why hadn´t we thought of this before? Our meal ticket, from here ... Read more >

Gallery: Torres del Paine

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 | By polargirl | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Chile - Santiago

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery

PALABRA Arriba

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Views [1318] | Comments [2]

And then the day came that we mounted our metal steeds, our sturdy saddles, and road up into the sun to conquer the great mountain of sand. Atop the great mountain of sand was a cloud forest, a refuge saught by many in these dessert days sauden with ... Read more >

Tags: sand

Gallery: Summer dresses

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Photo Gallery

So schnell kanns gehn!

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [798] | Comments [4]

Leider ist mein Trek durch den Torres del Paine Nationalpark buchstäblich ins Wasser gefallen. Der erste Tag begann mit tollem Wetter und tollen Eindrücken von dem gesamten Bergmassiv. (siehe Bilder) Leider hat es dann ab Nachmittag nur noch geregnet.... Read more >

Tags: chile, torres del paine

A drug bust and a random act of kindness on the way to Santiago

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1104]

The challenges with our final South American journey, to Chile, began as we alighted the bus. Our seats, 9 and 10 were on different floors of the bus. It took a few minutes of confusion before someone with some common sense came along to sort out ... Read more >

Tags: drug bust, hospitality

Ich bin dann mal weg!

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [578]

Also, hier Grüße an meine vielen treuen Leser! Freut mich echt sehr wenn ich immer sehe, wieviele Leute meine Seite besuchen!  Ihr werdet in den nächsten 10 Tagen nichts von mir hören, da ich morgen den 10 Tage Treck im Torres del Paine Nationalpark ... Read more >

Buenas Dias Chile

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [979] | Comments [6]

Sodele, wie ihr vielleicht schon in der Fotogallerie gesehen habt bin ich nun in Chile angekommen. Am Freitag bin ich um 5 Uhr morgens (für mich eine große Leistung) mit dem Bus nach Punta Arenas / Chile gefahren. An der argentinischen Grenze durften ... Read more >

Tags: chile, puerto natales, punta arenas

Back from Antarctica!

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By polargirl | Views [492]

Hello! Im back on dry land! hoorah! Im very tired, it was cold snowy and very windy and everything was damp the whole time. It took 3.5 days on the boat to get to the plane to fly back to Chile. Ill put some photos on the blog soon. Meanwhile Im drying ... Read more >