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Fri, 28 Dec 2007 | By brinks | Views [1315]
This section of the Carretera Austral is something spectacular and an adventure biker or cyclist´s dream. The 1200 km road from Peurto Mont to Peurto Yungay ( and more recently to Villa O Higgins ) is mostly a single track gravel road with exceptions ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 28 Dec 2007 | By j9fabre | Views [616] | Comments [2]
I am now in Puerto Natales. I must say that when I booked this trip I didn´t expect to stay in such nice hotels this often (obviously why it is costing me so much). It is quite nice but just a little extravagant for me. Right now I am sitting in a ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 26 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1624]
We have crossed so many land borders over the past year, it's tough to remember each one. Laos to Cambodia stands out due to the very remote nature of the actual crossing and the number of boats, mini vans and busses required to complete the passage.... Read more >
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1495]
We so luck out today, it's 6:00 a.m., and the blasting winds have turned to a light breeze. The morning clouds engulfing the volcano are beginning to scatter and give way to blue sky. We grab our take-away breakfast sandwiches (yep, every breakfast ... Read more >
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1094]
We had to abort our mission this morning to climb up and snowboard down Volcán Villarica. We woke up to 80km winds and raging hot temperatures well over 35 degrees. It's like a giant Santa Ana, with hot desert winds sweeping in from Argentina. And ... Read more >
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1170]
The sun slowly sets, igniting the clouds into flames of red, orange and pink, illuminating the snow covered perfect "cone" of Volcán Villarica. As the sky turns dark, a red glow replaces the plume of smoke once visible from the active, yet ... Read more >
Tags: places
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By markbrul | Views [983] | 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 [690]
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 [2788]
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 [1278]
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 [1183]
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 [1717] | 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 [1424]
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 [3417]
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
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