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Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By markbrul | Views [1024] | Comments [4]
Voor de kerstdagen een kort berichtje vanuit warm en zonnig Santiago. Na meer dan een week hier, krijg ik het idee dat mijn Spaans al enigszins begrijpbare vormen aanneemt. Por ejemplo. Ik heb gisternacht de taxichauffeur, die mij dacht te verblijden ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By brinks | Views [752]
North of Ushuaia the scenenary becomes desolate again and its only close to Puerto Natales that the southern tip of the mighty Andes becomes visible. We arrived at Torres del Paine Park late in the day and the mountains were all cloud covered. After ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [3058]
The wine region of Chile produces some amazing wines, both reds and whites. Talca, just a six hour bus ride for us from Valparaíso, has become known for it's Maule Valley, especially the reds produced from this region. They also tout their "Ruta ... Read more >
Tags: drinking
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1476]
Valparaíso is connected to Viña del Mar, it's glitzy smaller neighbor,
by train, bus and colectivo. Despite the thick marine layer, we make
the quick hop over to check out the much raved about beaches lining the
very short shore line, high rise hotels ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1421]
The woman running our B&B, Garivalpo, is one of a kind. She's
dedicated the downstairs portion of her restored home in the hills to
students, to promote their local artistic capabilities. During our
stay here, she's actually running a special ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 | By markbrul | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By markbrul | Views [1766] | Comments [4] | Video
Thanks to Brad I can show you the movies now. Another movie can be found on YouTube as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osXDt1Mhjn8 Hola amigos, Wauw, wat is voetbal hier enerverend. Vandaag was de wedstrijd Colo Colo tegen ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1636]
Tiny
multicolored houses dot the hillsides of this seaside town of
Valparaíso, west of Santiago. The city feels a bit like a tiny San
Francisco to us, a marine layer hangs over the coast, and steep hills
give way to busy commercial streets below, ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [3676]
The lights suddenly turn off, and the shadow of the devil appears on
the far wall of the most prized section of the cellars of Casillero del
Diablo. It's cool and damp, and we peer into the long chamber where
the aging red wine is kept to age and ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By johannhermann | Views [4207] | Comments [3]
(JH) "Estimados pasajeros,..." klingts mal wieder aus dem Lautsprecher direkt in unserer Kabine. Was mags wohl dieses mal geben!? Essen oder eine weitere Meerenge bei deren Durchfahrt man die Navigation des Kapitaens bewundern darf. ".... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By markbrul | Views [882] | Comments [2]
¡Hola Amigos! Ik ben gearriveerd in het land van vriendelijkheid en de mini-mens, dat is althans wat mij het eerste opviel. Na een lange vlucht en wat minder lengte voor mijn benen, was het een verademing om de douane door te lopen. Vooral als ... Read more >
Tags: People
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1610]
Santiago
is a hip, happenin' city with lots of barrios to be explored. Of
course every barrio has it's own "Plaza de Armas" (leafy shady park
area). Parks are popular spots to socialize, especially among couples
in love. We walk through ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1419]
Floating
through the air, we see speckled iridescent blue lakes nestled between
towering mountains, and then from out of nowhere, we see the sprawling
metropolis below us, surrounded by huge snow capped Andean peaks.
Touch down, we're now in Santiago, ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1333]
Just past the 11th-month mark on our trip, and there are things we're now really missing on the road. We're down to our last homemade roll of toilet paper, dug out from the bowels of my backpack. I was thrilled to find we even had a little left. There's ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1284]
I had to put this one in... all our bus rides in each country have
brought forth great memories and stories. Just to describe how
enthralled even the locals are with the unique and picturesque
landscape, we’ve caught this one on film. Here’s our ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
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