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Travel Blogs from Putre, Chile
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Parque Nacional Lauca
This is a top pick! ... drive up, up, and up. On the way to the Altiplano we pass a tiny village of Poconchile where the oldest church in Chile, Iglesia de San Geronimo, dating from 1580, is. It is remarkably simple with its whitewashed adobe walls and twin bell towers. Inside ...
Sky is the limit - What is freedom?
This is a top pick! I am writing these few words from about 5000m above sea level, on top of a mountain that was reachable without serious organization and guide. The view around me is breathtaking and there is for only sound but the gentle breeze of the cold wind of ...
Spur of the moment side trip
... people’s heads to feel they have to do that. We walked back to Putre and jumped on the bus to Arica after a few really relaxing days and would definitely add Putre and especially Chakana to your 'things to do’ list if you’re in the ...
Wildlife At Altitude
... for a lunch of steak and rice. We had a little time to visit the main square on the town (complete with the highest cashpoint in Chile) before we got back in the bus to head for Arica. The widlife spotting wasn't done though and on the way back down we ...
Crossing the Atacama desert +++
... which he found in the road. Finally after a great day riding through the desert and mountains I reached our destination town of Putre and made my way through the village to our hotel. The village and hotel are located in a beautiful valley below the pass ...
Sometimes you do have to make it up as you go...
... on to Argentina for the time being, where at least transportation is cheaper for our long way south. Don´t worry, we´ll revisit Chile at some point. For right now though, we went to Lauca National Park, full of lakes, volcanoes (that´s a recurring ...
Putre
... 2 suïssos fan xip-xap... unes termes d'aigua natural rica en proteïnes i minerals i, amb efectes medecinals... Després, al tornar a Putre anem a sopar: Sopa de xampinyons i, truita -peix- amb quinua (cereal típic de Xile) i l'Eva menja també sopa ...
Northern Chile Vol I
... Lodge can make you feel better in seconds with their warm welcome and a cup of coca tea. 6km tips for Northern Chile Vol I - About those asking which city to choose between Antofagasta, Iquique and ...
We're in the Andes Now!
... hours – to our first destination in the Andes, the Reserva de Biosfera Lauca Parque National. We based ourselves in Putre, Chile, an agricultural hamlet where sheep and llamas outnumber human residents by at least 4-1. Here we encountered our first ...
Left for San Pedro de Atacama - in the desert, man
... the near-death of the dog and several bottles of Chilean, we agreed to meet them in San Pedro de Atacama - the northern desert of Chile where they had a 4WD waiting. It was real desert. There has never been a record of any rain here ever. San Pedro was a ...
Blessed by a shaman, drenched in the rain
I am back in La PAz right now, uploaded some photos into last entry re: copa and Isal. have a look. Where did I leave off??? Ahh yes, bad tummy after pasta on Sat. night. Well, let´s just leave it at that... Sunday morning we got up ...
Putre si Parcul national Lauca, Salar de Surire
Salutare! Suntem iar in Arica, dupa 3 nopti si 4 zile in Putre, o mica localitate situata la 3800m altitudine, in muntii Anzi. Am uitat sa va spun ca, datorita binecunoscutului farmec al domnului Dragos, am mai cules o backpackeritza de pe ...
Soll noch einer sagen Arosa liegt am A... der Welt
... wirklich extrem in die Höhe und wir waren froh, dass wir bereits an die Höhe gewöhnt waren. Man könnte meinen, dass nach Putre eine kleine Schotterstrasse hoch führt doch es war eine halbe Autobahn. Während auf der Chur-Arosa Strasse keine 40 ...
Sky is the limit - What is freedom?
I am writing these few words from about 5000m above sea level, on top of a mountain that was reachable without serious organization and guide. The view around me is breathtaking and there is for only sound but the gentle breeze of the cold wind of ...
Cuide te, Prepare te... Vida Chileno, yo te amo.
... short), identify the roots of depression in our countries, and the foundations of the high rates of domestic violence in Chile. When I translate our conversations word for word, they sound infantile, but they run full of sentiments....Perhaps it's ...
Lauca National Park
... two hours to our expected arrival in Putre and then I promptly went back to sleep. I awoke again to discover we were arriving in Putre. I have noticed that I need more sleep when I am in higher altitudes, and we were now at 3,500 meters (about 10,500 ...
Follow the poop of the llama
... incredibly fascinating. In every conversation, I become more submerged in trying to tie together the effects of Chile’s history filled with foreign/European influences and repressive dictatorships with the more current influences of the health ...
Bus Bingo and Border towns
... a hotel when we got to Tacna (at the border). Early on Thursday morning we got a collectivo across the border to Arica (in Chile) only to discover there were no buses to Santiago until Friday night! I couldn´t wait until then, as it was a 30hr ...
Echec dans le Parc de Lauca
... la compagnie de bus allant une fois par jour à Putre, à 7h du mat. J'ai encore dormi pendant les 2h30 de bus menant à Putre. Ces derniers jours, je serais passé de 6000m (Licancabur) à 2500m (San Pedro), puis à 0m (Arica), pour remonter à 3500m ...
Even the best lack of plans can go wrong!
The next day I made a trip up to Parque Lauca stopping in Putre to arrange a tour, only to find a one day tour would cost US$80! So I decided I´d try the second option and hitch hike up to the park, something I´d never done in my life... Well it didn´t ...
Vulkane, Lagunen, heisse Quellen
... dae Familie zum aluege. Ja, mir sind in Bus iegstiege und los isches gange. E wunderschoeni Busfahrt het ues nach Putre im Norde vo Chile bracht. Doet hend mir uesen Guide, dae Enrique troffe und Doris und dae Martin, es Schweizerpaar. Zaeme sind ...
2 days tour to Lauca
... paradise. It was like a sauna, and i stayed so long in it i could hardly breathe when coming out. At night we arrived in Putre, and stayed in a lovely residence. Everything was organised with the tour. It was frewzing cold in the night, and we had like 3 ...
Finally escaping Bolivia: Patacamaya to Putre.
... bureaucracy it feels efficient as Switzerland to us now. We stopped for the evening in a sleepy little village unfortunately titled 'Putre’ and were grateful to find one of the last rooms in town in a lovely little hostel called ‘Hostal ...
On to Peru, well that's what I thought
... motoradventure tours in Orsono' she suggested to try the border at Bolivia as they have different custom arrangements with Chile and as I was heading to Putre and lake Chungara I will be right at the border crossing anyway. I arrived at Putre about ...
First high step
... a 3250 metres d'altitude. Pour le diner je mange un plat a base de pommes de terre Chunos, locales. Le lendemain, j'arrive enfin a Putre a 3530m, content de mettre arrete pour la nuit pour aprecier les paysages. Puis je me dirige vers le parc national de ...
Lago Chungará
... Hotel suchten und fanden... es war aber noch niemand da und so fuhren wir dann gleich weiter zum See Chungará und dem Vulkan Parinacota. Putre liegt schon auf 3'500 Meter über Meer und der See liegt auf rund 4'750 M.ü.M. Ob's an der Höhe lag oder ...
Putre´s Puna and Altiplano
Our last adventure in Chile took us to the high elevations of Putre and surroundings. The area was literally breathtaking. At 4500 m above sea level just walking down the street was a cardio workout. Putre is a tiny community of roughly 2000 ...
Pallisa en cotxe
... "pallisot" en cotxe, 12 hores travessant el desert d'Atacama de Sud a Nord. Però hem arribar a per fi hem arribar a Putre, la nostre base d'operacions pels propers dos dies. Estem molt cansats, però que molt cansats... tot i això, avui ...
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