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Vicuna
Travel Blogs from Vicuna, Chile
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Star-gazing and Pisco Sour!
... put a sticker of Jupiter on the other side. Next up was a slide show presentation about the different telescopes around Chile and further afield. Whilst at times this was funny due to the obvious obsession with the size of the mirrors used ...
L'Atacama, Vicuña
D abord bonne nouvelle, j ai reussi a graver un cd avec nos preñieres photos, a voir sur le site ofoto (et je vais commencer a en ajouter quekques unes sur ce site). Jeudi, on se leve a 3h25 du matin, on grimpe dans un minibus qui nous emmene, tout ...
Pisco me happy
... small shrubs and a few cactus on the hills, however, in the valley itself there is a large river, lush vineyards and beautiful farms. Vicuna itself gets only a few days of rain a year and has cloudy skies less than 35 days a year. This makes it the ...
Famous for stars and booze – Elqui valley
... a combination of four telescopes with 8m mirrors each. Wow! In the right mood to see some more stars we travel on to Vicuna to visit a pisco destillery and try some of the products. Our favorites: Alto del Carmen special edition (black package), double ...
The southern stars
... if pisco was produced elsewhere in Chile. We were told no, but it seems that the real answer is yes, but outside Chile's second and third regions Chilean law prohibits it being called pisco. A stupid rule (as all these trademark rules are), particularly ...
Back in Santiago
... de Humboldt. The drive was about two hours north of La Serena through the 'pre-desert' landscape characteristic of this part of Chile. We saw some great scenery like; cacti, beautiful coastline, and guanacos (the lowland cousin of the alpaca and llama). ...
Paso de Agua Negra (ARG - CHI)
Destination 331 km161'854 Nicht mehr kommentiert (lese Eintrag Nr.45 weshalb) XXXXX Not commented anymore (read entry No.45 ...
Star gazing and pisco sipping
The next day we took the bus up the Elqui Valley to Vicuna. Our main reason for going there was to go to the Mamalluca Observatory, but decided we should go and do a tour of the local pisco factory in the afternoon, since we have become such big fans of ...
Pisco Valley
... Serena, through the beautiful roads and valleys of the road 41. This road can take you all the way to Argentina. We drove to Vicuna, Monte Grande and Pisco Elqui. The drive was magnificent and the weather turned out to be even better. We had lunch ...
Vicuna
19th -22nd – Left the garage driving towards the town of Vicuna and got about 50kms before the fan belt broke. Since it was new and had been tightened by the garage we phoned them up to come to fix it. This they agreed, but it took some 7 ...
Deep in the valleys of Chile..
wow wow wow.....how things have changed. We left Serena for a town called Vicuna deep in the valley of Elqui where everything blossoms, from the food and wine to the people and the scenery. The past couple of days have been the (pre-)honeymoon ...
Vicuña
Nous réservons de suite un tour d'observation des étoiles. Apéro avec saucisson dans le jardin où nous rencontrons, Sébastien, aussi français et avec qui nous ferons aussi un p'tit bout d'chemin. Après une grande salade pour tout le monde, nous ...
Pisco, Pisco and more Pisco
... and we stick out like a saw thumb. We had a couple more hours driving and ended in our final destination for the day, Vicuna. Sunday 23rd May Had a lazy morning in the hostel, first ever hostel I have been to where they give you breakfast in bed... ...
Observatories and Pisco sour
... universities have their observatories here because it is also cheap. There are several different kinds and sizes. Here in Vicuna, there is a tourist observatory, called Mamalluca. Its real small, only a 30cm mirror, but you can still see ...
La Serena - Dagexcursie naar Vicuña
De hele dag onderweg van 9 uur tot 21 uur ! Enkele stops gedaan oa een plantage met ???? De nobelprijswinnares en schrijfster Gabriela Mistral heeft heel veel betekend voor het huidige schoolsysteem in Zuid-Amerika en zou hier geboren zijn. ...
Vicuna et Valle de Elqui
... an et le ciel le plus degage du monde ce qui en fait un merveilleux spot pour aller observer les etoiles depuis l'observatoire de Vicuna. Experience super sympa de voir les constelations et les crateres de la lune. Petite note sur ce qu'on a pu ...
Elqui Valley Stars
The Elqui valley is famous for its clear sky's so we organized a night-time visit to the Mamalluca Observatory from their offices in the shadow of the Bauer Tower, built in the northwest corner of the plaza by a mad German mayor of the town in 1905. We ...
Vicuna and " La Brocha "
... on where to go we could always turn it on for a few minutes. We headed towards our destination, a little sleepy town called Vicuna. From here we would base ourselves for the next few days whilst we explored the Elqui Valley. We stayed in the Hostal ...
hitching a ride...
So after a few days in Valparaíso to work on my tan and figure out where I want to travel in the next months, Susan and I decided to meander up north. We didn´t have much luck with hitchhiking as we got 5 rides that took us no farther ...
Stjernehimmel
Dagen blev brugt paa at se de foeskellige sevaerdigheder i omegnen. Vi saa bla. hvordan Chiles nationaldrik pisco biver fremstillet og var inde paa en resturant der bager og koger mad kun ved hjaelp af solen. Der skal lige siges at vi befinder os i en ...
One of the best spots in the world
... für die alternative Nutzung der Trauben in Form eines Destillats. Dieser Weinschnaps nennt sich Pisco und ist das Nationalgetränk von Chile und Peru. Er wird meist als Pisco Sour getrunken und schmeckt in dieser Zusammensetzung sehr gut. Wer nicht nur ...
Vamos Atacama
Just a quick one as very sleepy... last night was first night in tent! We do like the tent James, it's very impressive considering compactness, and was warm despite minus 5 temp outside, but jury's out on whether we'll actually do it again! Anyway, ...
How to find due south
All of us northern hemisphere residents know how to find due north. It´s easy, just look for the north star, usually the brightest one out there, and that´s pretty much it. Findind due south is a bit more complicated, but not so hard if you ...
Desert Rain, Grapes and Sun
... lakes and countless pisco vineyards. For a few moments it almost looked as green as Canada. Arriving in Vicuna, I was directed to a neat colonial residence where I was greeted by the friendly mom-like Chilean owner. Although hostals ...
Siesta
Alle var traette after heldagsudflugten fra igaar saa vi havde en rigtig slap af dag paa campingpladsen. Alle fik en lang siesta, der blev spillet kort og vi endte med at lave baal om aftenen. ...
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