Destination: Chile

Gallery: San Pedro de Atacama

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 | By tammyrenwick | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Valparaiso

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 | By tammyrenwick | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Santiago

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 | By tammyrenwick | Photo Gallery

To the north!

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By tammyrenwick | Views [505] | Comments [1]

WOOO!!! My bag arrived this afternoon and so am eventually able to move on. Writing this from bus station in Santiago where I am just about to start a 22hr bus journey to the dessert! Created a bit of amusement trying to buy my ticket. Very few people ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Charming Chile

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 | By lima_llama_loo | Views [377] | Comments [3]

Charming Chile!! Went over to Bella Vista, Santiago for dinner (27 June).  Restaruant = Como Agua Para el Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate). Gorgeous courtyard and beautifully cooked salmon.  Wandered around the quaint little bohemian shops displaying ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Valapaiso

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 | By tammyrenwick | Views [1000] | Comments [1]

So, I got bored of waiting for a mysterious backpack to arrive and spending hours trying to get through to air Iberia so I decided to move on to Valparaiso with a couple of people I met in Santiago. Valpariso {2hrs away on the coast} was a welcome ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Thousands of Zombies in Chilean Society.

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 | By homersmuse | Views [4869] | Comments [5]

I recently had the opportunity to tour Villa Grimaldi, which was once a torture camp during the early years of Pinochet's dictatorship. Our guide, Pedro Matta, was imprisoned and tortured there as a 23 year-old politically active college student. ... Read more >

Tags: chile, politics

Gallery: Chile

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Photo Gallery

Exploring Santiago

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 | By tammyrenwick | Views [414] | Comments [3]

Spent the last 2 days exploring Santiago and waiting for back pack to arrive! Quite a modern, european city but still lots of interesting and different sights. The mountains that surround it provide a beautiful backdrop especially when glimpsed through ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Just arrived

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 | By tammyrenwick | Views [435] | Comments [1]

Just to say that I just arrived in Santiago although without backpack which was left in Madrid by the wonderful Iberia airlines! Staying in a big hostel with lots of other travellers so should be fun. Alot colder than I expected, infact freezing! ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Gallery: La Serena

Tue, 5 Jun 2007 | By homersmuse | Photo Gallery

Gallery: roadtrippin' with the froggies

Mon, 4 Jun 2007 | By yu-en-me | Photo Gallery

Thwarted!

Fri, 1 Jun 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [923] | Comments [1]

It´s official: we are STUCK in Chile. We attempted to leave San Pedro today and sat on a still bus for 3 hours, hoping the highway would open.  Apparently there has been heavy snow in the Andes so the pass we need to drive through to get to Salta, Argentina is ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Stuck in the Chilean desert

Thu, 31 May 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [872]

I suppose there are worse things than being stuck in San Pedro de Atacama.  The sun is shining, the food and coffee is quite good and it feels familiar, almost like a mini Santa Fe, New Mexico.  But when you have four days to kill and not much to do ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Rod Stewart is to Easter Island as Tom Jones is to El Conti.

Wed, 30 May 2007 | By homersmuse | Views [3167] | Comments [1]

My week long trip to Easter Island began with the appropriate apparel: adventure clothes. You know...extra-heavy-duty-gortex hiking boots, fannypacks, cowboy hats, and camoufloge bandanas, all of which feature super-duper-quick-dry technology. My travel ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, chile, easter island, tom jones