 | The exodus of the Ascensor
2009-09-12, Valparaiso, Chile. By: travelalex | | The fist thing you notice from the airplane when you approach Santiago is the Andes Mountains sticking up like a jagged edge all along the spine of this this country, creating one of the most beautifu... |
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 | My first two days here (8/29-8/30)
2009-08-30, Vina del Mar, Chile. By: kassidyr | | this is my first time ever doing one of these so i dont know how this works...
but i arrived in Santiago about 7:30am. i had no idea we were even landing because it was sooo foggy outside you coul... |
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 | First week in Chile
2009-05-26, Arauco, Chile. By: SurAmerica | | May 18 Monday: Taste of "Missionary Traveling"
After one van, two planes, 3 buses, one car, and 24 hours of transit we have finally made it to Chile! Once we were dropped off by our last bus, we ... |
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 | San Pedro de Atacama
2009-05-15, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. By: rossnkaren | | San Pedro was iniatially just going to be a stopover to brake the journey up to Peru but we liked it's relaxed atmosphere and ended up staying for a few days. The town is quite small with white washed... |
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 | Valparaiso
2009-05-10, Valparaiso, Chile. By: rossnkaren | | Valparaiso appears to be just like Marmite. I loved it, Ross hated it! It's the strangest place. It's on the coast and was once a major naval base for the Spaniards. The main city consists of a couple... |
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 | Easter Island
2009-05-03, Easter Island, Chile. By: rossnkaren | | Ross: May is rainy season on Easter Island. We arrived full of excited energy, raring to go and explore the island's archaeology. Then it started raining. And it rained. And it rained and it did n... |
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 | Santiago
2009-04-30, Santiago, Chile. By: rossnkaren | | The route to the Chilean border from Mendoza takes you through the Andes. It's a very cool road which twists through the mountains as they loom up in different coloured rock on both sides.
We ha... |
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 | Sentimental by the sea...
2009-03-25, Valparaiso, Chile. By: Fidgi | | When it comes to looking back on my trip, I have no doubt that Valparaiso, where I currently am in Chile, will be fondly recalled as one of my favourite locations. I know I keep raving about the plac... |
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 | Parque National Payunia
2008-12-11, SanJuan,Argentina, Chile. By: papabeek | | Yesterday spent the day on a tour to the Valley of the Volcanoes. There are over 800 volcanic cones in this park. It was a cloudy, sort of chilley day and most of the time the wind was ferocious. Th... |
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| Finally arrived
2008-12-09, Malargue, Argentina, Chile. By: papabeek | | I have been trying to get to this town ,seems like, forever. Last friday tried to go from Talca Chile which is the closest place in Chile. The guide book said there was a bus in summer. But there is... |
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| On to Argentina again
2008-12-05, Talca, Chile, Chile. By: papabeek | | I spent quite a few hours in Talca, trying to find Christian. Finally a taxi to what I think was his old address leads me to think that he has moved to Santiago. I do have a phone number and will ca... |
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| Alone again
2008-12-05, Talca, Chile, Chile. By: papabeek | | It has been a busy week. Took the bus to Mendoza, Argentina, but only stayed 2 days as Carole had to leave from Santiago, Dec 4.
Mendoza sits just across the Andes from Chile. It looks like su... |
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 | San Pedro de Atacama
2008-11-22, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. By: GBrownlie | | Back in Chile we flew to the north to a little desert town called San Pedro de Atacama which we fell in love with! Not an industrial building in sight, they are all low rise, shack type buildings mad... |
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| On to Argentina
2008-11-30, Santiago, Chile, Chile. By: papabeek | | It seems I keep so busy. Hardly any time to spend on the blog, and in Sangiago, didn,t have internet at the hotel Londres.
Valley de la Luna, at San Pedro de Atacoma was a very interesting min... |
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| the geysers
2008-11-26, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. By: papabeek | | The minibus picked me up at 4am and it was about a 2 1/2 hr drive to the geysers. It was cold, somewhere in the 20 degre range. I was the only English speaker and the guide was only spanish so I miss... |
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| fairwell to Peru
2008-11-26, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. By: papabeek | | Guess I will back up a bit as I have been so busy, and then at times no access to internet.
Lake Titicaca seems ages ago although only a week. Took a 3 day tour there from Puno. Stayed one nigh... |
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| San Pedro de Atacama, all night bus
2008-11-25, Arica, Chile. By: papabeek | | Sorry for such a long time between blogs. Will update tomorrow leaving on an overnight bus in a few minutes. Have been so very busy, another sick day, and 3 days without internet so have much to te... |
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 | Torres del Paines
2008-11-12, Puerto Natales, Chile. By: GBrownlie | | Next on our list was Puerto Natales where we spent 2 days trekking in Torres del Paines National Park. After an afternoon of preparation from the staff at Erratic Rock hostel we were geared up and re... |
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 | San Rafael Glacier
2008-11-08, San Rafael, Chile. By: GBrownlie | | After our 5 days on the island of Chiloe we packed up and headed to Coyhaique for 3 days, where it poured the whole time so we didn´t do very much! From there we set off to Puerto Chacabuco to do a ... |
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 | Torres del Paine - Trekking Story
2008-11-11, Puerto Natales, Chile. By: Kito | | Hello again,
first of all, thanks for all your crossed fingers! Due to them, we were very lucky to do some outstanding Trekking in the National Park "Torres del Paine" with more or less great weat... |
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 | Chiloe
2008-10-30, Isla Chiloe, Chile. By: GBrownlie | | Our next destination after Pucon, which we were sad to leave, was Valdivia which was nothing special, just a basic town, it did however have sea lions in the river! We spent 2 days there, 2 days too ... |
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 | Arrival in Santiago, down to Pucon
2008-10-25, Pucon, Chile. By: GBrownlie | | After leaving Auckland at 8pm on 18 October we arrived in Santiago 10.5 hours later at 2.30pm that same day! So we actually went back in time and had Saturday twice! I have never crossed an internat... |
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 | Santiago
2008-08-10, La Paz, Chile. By: pedrofletc | | Santiago’s cafes are full of subdued people wearing black, blue and brown. They sit in pairs, whisper intensely to each other and sometimes, but not often, laugh quietly. The clothes are fashionable b... |
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 | Sod it .... I'm going to Argentina !!
2008-07-23, Osorno, Chile. By: cbr600f | | Another quick entry .... I arrived here in Osorno this morning after another overnight bus, sitting next to an 8 year old girl called Natalia who was probably the chattiest and most inquisitive bloody... |
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| Another Capital City ....
2008-07-22, Santiago, Chile. By: cbr600f | | Greetings from Santiago de Chile !
I left La Serena 3 days ago and got the bus down here, actually that was a weird one, I'd bought a ticket for the 10am bus and, bloody hell I managed to sleep in... |
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 | Atacama!
2008-05-16, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. By: letlozz | | Sooo, with only a week left to go we are now in the Atacama desert! We spent the weekend in La Serena, with Alexis´s aunts family... for people who we have such a tenuous link to, they were so kind, t... |
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 | Eating Camelids
2008-05-08, Putre, Chile. By: dan | | Ate my first piece of camelid yesterday. An Alpaca steak, served with instant mash and er... doughnuts. To be honest it tasted like porky beef, but was still quite good. Oh yes, and we haven´t been bl... |
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