Destination: Chile

Auckland - Santiago - Pucon

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 | By justin | Views [569]

Sad goodbye to NZ……next destination Santiago, Chile.      Got ripped off by the taxi driver from the airport to the city….well… to be fair he did drive me to several places so I could get my bus ticket to Pucon and drop my bags ... Read more >

Update!

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [887] | Comments [2]

Hey everyone! Everything is going really  well for us, however, we are  in an area with expensive and poor internet connection. We finished off our Pucon trip, headed to Santiago for a few days, and now we are in San Pedro de Atacama, about to go on a ... Read more >

Chile: Santiago

Sat, 7 Feb 2009 | By lockers | Views [337]

February 1st - 3rd Flying from New Zealand to Chile must bring about one of the biggest time differences you can experience. It meant that we had to put our watches back 16 hours, that when I eventually went to bed ... Read more >

Gallery: Scalpel

Sat, 7 Feb 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Photo Gallery

Gallery: La Serena

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 | By polargirl | Photo Gallery

Pelican beach

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 | By polargirl | Views [385]

So now I am a looong way north since I last wrote. Its about 30 degrees south of the equator and super warm. In contrast to all you guys back in UK and Norway battling the snow its sunny here and almost too hot to be out at midday! I arrived and went ... Read more >

Alte Kirchen, eine Insel und ein Vulkan

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [949] | Comments [6]

So oder ähnlich lässt sich das beschreiben, was ich so in den Tagen nach Chaiten erlebt habe! Nach Chaiten heisst auch, Strom, fliessend Wasser, Internet und heisse Duschen! Welch Luxus!  Wie gesagt haben wir Chaiten per Fähre verlassen, die wegen ... Read more >

Tags: castro, chaiten, chiloe, villarica

Like a Falling Tower of Canned Carrots, aka, A Day in the Atacama

Thu, 5 Feb 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Views [1146] | Comments [3]

so it´s a hundred kilometers to our lunch stop more like 80 but half of that is downhill half of that is downhill got it and so we descended into the largest of the Atacama canyons, a wonder fair scaring the desolate desert terrian with ... Read more >

Santaigo, Chile and the big smoke...Literally

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [575] | Comments [1]

So we made it after a 10hr flight, with a slight glitch....Aaron lost his wallet at auckland airport! No probs cards cancelled etc. Not going to ruin our day. Santiago is hot!!! Air pollution so thick that you can't see the mountains today. Thankfully ... Read more >

Gallery: Santiago

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Lake district

Tue, 3 Feb 2009 | By polargirl | Photo Gallery

NEUES!

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [676] | Comments [5]

Sodele nach langer Internetabstinenz (lag nicht an mir, sondern an der „idyllischen“ Gegend) gibt’s mal wieder Neuigkeiten vom Weltenbummler. Nachdem wir Rio Tranquilo nach einer Nacht wieder verlassen wollten, der Bus aber total ... Read more >

Tags: chaitèn, volcano

Many Lakes, Chile!

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [2605] | Comments [10]

Once we left Puerto Natales, we headed to Punta Arenas for an uneventful 15 hours, and then got on our 30 hour bus ride to the Lake district of Argentina and Chile. Originally we were supposed to go to Puerto Montt, but while we were under way we made ... Read more >

Fotografias Nuevas

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Views [855] | Comments [2]

Some new photos on flickr, the link can be found in previous posts.

Tags: atacama, photos

Gallery: Truley Scamper Action

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By muttsonbikes | Photo Gallery