Destination: Chile

pinguinos

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Views [486]

You dont want to hear any more about the non existant luggage on which I unsuccesfully wasted my time today. Instead, how about a story about penguins? Having heard I won´t be working with them in Antarctica, I signed up for a tourist trip out to see ... Read more >

Gallery: plants

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Photo Gallery

Gallery: stray dogs

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Photo Gallery

Hellooo spanish translator book

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 | By susegemfi | Views [468]

We arrived in Santiago to find that the teensy bit of Spanish we have managed to learn doesn ‘t mean much when you can ‘t understand the response! So our little translator book has been awesome. Bellavista hostel where we are staying is central ... Read more >

one liter of jack or 6 bottles of old smuggler??

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 | By senor-lance | Views [560]

Soo i am about to go on my ferry ride from puerto natales to puerto montt today and i was told that grog is a tad bit expensive on the ship so to bring your own. When looking for good ship grog you have to keep in one thing in mind. IT MUST BE CHEAP! ... Read more >

no bag lady

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Views [509]

Update: My bag isn't in Punta Arenas airport. LAN isn't answering the phone and neither is Iberia air. I'm frustrated-I don't think I'll get it before I go to Byers, and maybe never. Noone is able or willing to answer me on its whereabouts and all phone ... Read more >

Tags: aaah

Gallery: penguins

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Photo Gallery

just hanging around

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Views [727]

We´re just hanging around, waiting for the call to go South. And waiting for my luggage to turn up. It apparently came to Punta Arenas airport 7 hours ago but has yet to make it into town. Seabird man has been joined by another bird man who also comes ... Read more >

Tags: waiting

In Punta Arenas

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Views [453]

I have arrived! It was a long and very tiring journey, with a 3 hour delay in London, which resulted in a mad dash across MADrid airport to catch the plane to Santiago, a 8hr delay there, due to waiting for luggage which never arrived (its still in Spain), ... Read more >

Tags: light, windy

Gallery: Punta Arenas

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 | By polargirl | Photo Gallery

The final chapter

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 | By tpara | Views [579] | Comments [2]

The day after arriving in Valparaiso i was offered a steel crate that had actually come from Australia so i had a trial fitting in the garden of Villa Kunterbunt. It seemed to fit so i accepted i dont really like steel crates as they are hard to modify ... Read more >

4 Days and 80 Ks

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [866] | Comments [2]

From El Calafate we got the bus to Puerto Natales, Chile.  So we had to cross the border again .  From Puerto Natales we wanted to go to the Torres del Paine National Park and do some walking and camping.  The plan was to walk what is known as 'the ... Read more >

Tags: torres del paine, trekking, w

Back to the Mountains

Fri, 5 Dec 2008 | By tpara | Views [673] | Comments [2]

It was great to be off the flat pampa and into the foothills of the Andes. I stuck to the small provincial roads without traffic, winding their way through tiny villages, which from 1.00p.m look like there has been an attack of chemical weapons, with ... Read more >

Gallery: Chile

Thu, 4 Dec 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Photo Gallery

Chile

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 | By loundyl | Views [403]

Well now we´re in Chile for a two day stopover so we only get to spend two days in the capital - Santiago de Chile. It´s a lovely place - very affluent modern centre surrounded by gorgeous mountains and the wine valleys which we will not have time to ... Read more >