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CHILETHE NORTHERN PART

We have been looking forward to our visit to Chile with great enthusiasm as it is our first time. I always think of this country as a downunder version of California. Terry Breen put a map of Chile against a U.S. west coast map and at 2653 miles Chile stretched from the tip of Baja to the Gulf of Alaska. Down here it is called the shoestring country because it is so long and narrow. This

The blog entry that never was

And so to Chile. We39ve been in Argentina so long that it feels strange to be crossing the border. How on Earth will we adaptA bus from El Calafate zips us across the border at Ro Turbio a yet another dull windy workaday town and into Puerto Natales.Located on the shore of Seno Ultima Esperanza Last Hope Sound in Magallanes Chile39s southernmost and that39s saying something

Gran DT 2011

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Taj Mahal Tour and Travels

Agra is one of the most wellknown and wellknown locations of Native indian because it is home to one of The Seven Amazing elements Of The Group Taj Mahal Tour. The wellknown city Agra is on the lending company of Yamuna River. The monument of Taj Mahal is the symbol of really like associate which shows the underworld really like story of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his associate Arjuman Ba

Dry mouth in the Atacama

Our 9 hour bus ride from Salta to San Pedro De Atacama was definately one of our better journeys on the trip so far we slowly climbed up into the Andes with some amazing scenery along the way. The road winded its way up and up with the rocks and mountains constantly changing as we went. This was also our first sightings of Llamas by the roadside and a huge salt flat in the middle of nowhere. It t

Chile

We heard mixed reviews on Chile and were almost convinced to skip this country on our tour of South America. Boy are we glad we made it here Two lovely Israeli girls convinced us to join in on renting a car with them from Bariloche to Pucon which in turn allowed us to somehow skip the 100 visa fee. I hope this doesnt cause any trouble when we pass back into Argentina tomorrow but we have th

Puerta Varas

Beautiful Swissstyle overlooked glaciercovered perfectly shaped volcano Osorno which has been dormant for over 100 years unlike a nearby volcano which was belching out white ash changing our travel plans for later. We had one day trip to Chiloe island which has high unemployment and alcoholism and precious little for tourists. A 12 hour bus ride for little reward. Our first disappointment mad

Puerto Varas 5 Janeiro a 8 de Janeiro 2012

Bruce springsteen streets of philadelfia e o que oico enquanto comeco este post. Estamos neste momento a caminho da Argentina para Bariloche e sao 10 da manha 9 de Janeiro Segunda Feira. O ultimo destino foi Puerto Varas onde ficamos 4 noites mas embora pareca muito na realidade pouco fizemos por varias razoes. Primeiro chegamos Quinta a noite e saimos Segunda hj pelas 8 da manha pelo que

Valparaiso street art

Nice pics ehand this is just a little sample.

Valparaiso

To keep matters simple I drove to Valparaiso as Chile has like one road the GPS has not been necessary and not been working very well but as we closed in on Valpo it started to work and thank God for that.We had found some places in the Bible and written them as well but none answered. So we went to the first one on our list it looked more like a dump than anything else and now we39re talki

Heading home Patagonia

I continued to be on survey until the 16th. The last day of survey we went out to put in a few shovel tests to check the depth of a few of the promising but questionable sites. It was a hot day and a few people were rubbed the wrong way by procedures. Mostly it was just a communication problem as we speak little Spanish and the Chileans here speak little English. It makes it hard. Matt N There a

Mid trip Patagonia

Excerpts from Journal and Field JournalJan 6thNorth towards Rio Ibanez from road. Began 500m apart and steered by GPS. Had to start line .61mi from my way point because of cliffs and stinging caterpillars. Worse than yesterday. Crossed road and headed up ridge number one. Many fallen trees. Top clear but the way down on the other side was very steep. Marco from valley bottom. Heard both Justin

Deep Patagonia

So its been a packed few days since our last blog. We made our way from Cochrane to Villa OHiggins all the way to the end of the Carretera Austral. We travelled down with our group of newfound friends after two nights in Cochrane. The scenery going south from Cochrane was beautiful and it was appreciated all the more because we didnt do it like so many other travellers on bicycle. The cycl

Intro to Patagonia

Hi I didn39t have the internet to post all of this while I was there so I39m going to do a few posts to get you all caught up on my adventures down South. The place that we were staying was just outside of a teeny little town called Villa Cerro Castillo on the edge of a natural reserve called amazingly Cerro Castillo. The name comes from teh mountain that dominates the landscape to the W

The Day I Climbed the Volcano

Recently I moved in with a family in picturesque Pucn which is a village in Chile nestled between green hills that fold down into an expansive lake. This shores of this lake provide both a beach and a harbour on either side of a small point of land which juts into the lake at one end of Pucn. The most dramatic aspect of the landscape though is the perfectly conical volcano that stands on the

Copiapo and the Sneaky Sneaky Sun

Quemadura de sol. Sounds very exotic doesnt it What does it mean you may ask. Sun burn my friends sun burn. Let me tell you the truly tragic story of my plight at the hands of the sneaky sneaky sun... So my last day in San Pedro was as I had expected fairly boring. Luckily there was a girl from Germany at the hostel who was getting the same bus to Copiapo so we spent most of the day loungin

Cruise around Cape Horn and Tierra del Fuego

No internet for 8 days so now catching up. First experience of a cruise for the Woods a lot of food and drink which was difficult to refuse. Woke up to 60 knot winds off Cape Horn so could not land quite relieved and Suzanne took to her bed see photos of worried faces Eventually disembarked at Wulaia which is where Darwin returned 3 native SA Indians they were earlier taken to England to b

Penguins to stars and beyond

Ok so now we managed to escape from the penguins and thus saved we need to see an ATM39 bout some beer money and go to have a look at some stars.Chile has the clearest air I39ve ever seen. Its so bone dry that the air has nothing in it to distort your vision incredible to put it mildly.I39m not the only one who has noted this because Chile is filled with observatories it must have the

San Pedro De Atacama

HolaIm currently sitting in a little internet cafe in the heart of the Atacama desert. Ive spent a few days in a small and again very hot town called San Pedro de Atacama and am now awaiting my next overnight bus to Copiapo.The bus journey here was surprisingly good given the duration of it. I met a couple of very nice ladies from Germany on the bus one of whom was doing some undercover k

Sob.......time to fly home

Last day. It39s almost over. Except for the painful part of flying for 2 days. Leaving Easter Island January 3rd arriving home late January 4th in theoryYYC.DFW.MIA.SCL.PLC.FTE.EZE.SCL.IPC.SCL.MIA.ORD.YYC 11 flightsWe allowed a sleep in again amazing we were getting used to this laziness so quickly partially because we didn39t want to go home and partially because neither of us wante