Destination: Chile

Gallery: Puerto Octay

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Puerto Varas

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [1166]

Hola All, Back on the V names. Decided that Puerto Varas would be nicer to stay than Puerto Montt. Rain, rain go away...Will probably have to wait the day out then go exploring tomorrow. Had a pretty good run of good weather. Staying at Compass del ... Read more >

Puerto Octay

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [1019]

Hola All, We managed to figure out how to get to puerto octay. Wasn't too hard and the journey also provided us with a young mormon on a 2yr chilean mission who had learned spanish very quickily thanks to god....oh and the progress might have had something ... Read more >

Gallery: Valdivia

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Villarrica

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Valdivia

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [990]

Hola All, Caught the south american express again. Picked up just about every man and his dog along the way. Only a short trip of about 3hrs. Checked into the Aires Buenas hostel, all ours tonight, then down to the river to spot the sealions. They ... Read more >

Villarrica

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [1069]

Hola All, Slummed in on the bus again. Full cama armchairs and the whole cabin to ourselves. We are at Villarrica which is about 30km from Pucon. Staying on the second floor of a swiss chalet (well in principal) and we have an amazing view of the snow ... Read more >

Finally in South america

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 | By paul_magdalena | Views [318] | Comments [2]

We have stopped being lazy and ive decided to take the first step to start a travel blog. dont know how long we'll keep it up but we'll try. We have been in santiago for about 6 days, its been great, the first view of the city was from my aunty's flat ... Read more >

To the Moon and Back

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By forgettable_blue | Views [771]

Buenos Dias from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Last I wrote, I was in Salta, Argentina, where although we only planned on staying for a short two days, ended up making the small colonial town our home for a solid five.  Originally we elongated the ... Read more >

Gallery: Valparaiso

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Santiago

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Valparaiso

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [1953]

Hola All, Currently stuck in Valparaiso. Lovely coastal town about 1.5 hrs nw of Santiago. Stuck? yes. The buses are full and everyone in chile is in holiday mode so we won´t be leaving until 18Sep. and then heading south to Pucon. We don´t mind being ... Read more >

Gallery: Patagonia

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 | By dysfunctional | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Santiago, Chile

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 | By dysfunctional | Photo Gallery

Santiago, Chile

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 | By lopes_family | Views [497]

Arrived 25 August after a long and tiring flight. Great view of the Cordilleras as we came into land. Spent the afternoon getting over jet lag and exploring the city. Found it difficult to communicate due to our limited Latin American Spanish. Next day ... Read more >

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