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Spanish Carpentry, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Spanish Carpentry

A travel blog entry by dazzla

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In the words of the late, great food-dodger Karen Carpenter Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down. Fortunately it wasn't raining this Monday as I purchased my ticket to ride the bus to the airport in Auckland. I wasn't sure ...

Thinking of one, Reņaca, Chile travel blog

Thinking of one

A travel blog entry by mcgown

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... spotted seals on rocks. Campbell met up with some kids that he met at church and they spent the late afternoon talking about Chile and Australia. Tuesday the kids and I took the bus to  Valparaiso. Valparaiso is an old port that was established in ...

Slowly getting settled, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Slowly getting settled

A travel blog entry by arichardson

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After a full day and a full night on Delta airlines, I landed here in Chile on Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m. local time (two hours more than east coast time). The next two days were spent on orientation-information sessions and lectures on security with ...

Caves, Waves and Campsite Raves, Easter Island, Chile travel blog

Caves, Waves and Campsite Raves

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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We woke up to the usual heavenly noises of the large waves breaking across the rocks in front of the tent for our last day full day in Easter Island. We had a slightly different breakfast this morning as we had ..... breakfast, well we shared a yogurt. ...

I Love Renaca, Valparaiso, Chile travel blog

I Love Renaca

A travel blog entry by catters

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Photos from the Puerto Montt Harbor, Puerto Montt, Chile travel blog

Photos from the Puerto Montt Harbor

A travel blog entry by seankervin

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Puerto Montt is a cool, authentic port town in Patagonian Chile and basically the last stop before the southern tip of Chile.  I booked the Navimag ferry for a four day cruise through the Chilean fjords and spent a ...

Gaucho living, Puerto Natales, Chile travel blog

Gaucho living

A travel blog entry by nomadic-brands

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... guide at the estancia.  We had arrived in Puerto Natales on the previous day, after an uneventful bus journey across the border into Chile. We’d used our time in PN to get some cash from the ATM’s, get some food shopping for the next few ...

low impact living???, Arica, Chile travel blog

low impact living???

A travel blog entry by rawhideone

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... feelings...the nastiness in the water is disappointing and in contrast to their beauty.   I am surprised that in a place like Chile, and in a vacation seafront town, there wouldn't be more of an effort to take care of the trash.  Got to ...

Fuera de la Tierra, Valparaiso, Chile travel blog

Fuera de la Tierra

A travel blog entry by arichardson

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... suitcases through an "unsafe" part of town. But, he said, that was one of the few times he felt like he was in Chile. And Valparaiso is that way. Perhaps we carry a preconception of South American cities should be hectic and dirty, a web of narrow ...

Doin' the

Doin' the "W"

A travel blog entry by shawnsmith

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... 're are coming along), so should be a good group. Next update will be back in Argentina after our little Chilean side trip. Chile, here in particular is EXPENSIVE, although complete with all the comforts of home. Anyway, only here for a few days so until ...

The Wind and the Wine and the Pee, Puerto Natales, Chile travel blog

The Wind and the Wine and the Pee

A travel blog entry by jackdrury

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     We had our own quiet, little, private room for the first night in Puerto Natales. A handy shared bathroom was right next to us. At 5:30 AM the quiet went away and the bathroom became pee central. A constant flow of ...

Chilean Warmth, Valparaiso, Chile travel blog

Chilean Warmth

A travel blog entry by crystalwaitekus

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... .  As we exchanged stories about our lives and dreams, I felt filled with gratitude for such a great introduction to Chile.  Spending time with Vanessa and others has definitely put the magic back in my carpet ...

Back to the Future, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Back to the Future

A travel blog entry by lizandkev

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After a 40 hour day (Santiago is 16 hours behind Auckland) we arrived in Santiago. As sad as it may seem Kevin and me were particularly excited by the fact that we actually arrived in Santiago before we even got to the airport in Auckland and get to say ...

The tiny isolated hamlet of Puerto Eden, Puerto Eden, Chile travel blog

The tiny isolated hamlet of Puerto Eden

A travel blog entry by seankervin

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Puerto Eden is a tiny isolated maritime hamlet in the middle of the Chilean fjords.  The only way to get to this picturesque little cluster of tin houses and peeling boats is by the weekly ferry - and we had the opportunity to come ashore while the ...

1st day going South, Pichilemu, Chile travel blog

1st day going South

A travel blog entry by vickersontour

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We boarded our minibus at 9am for the first leg of our trip south. In total we expect to be 7 days before getting back to Santiago. There were about 11 of us on the bus including :- Niall, Colm & Kate from Ireland Catherine & Alex from Wales Leoni ...

Antarctica Day1 - Beagle Channel, Beagle Channel, Argentina travel blog

Antarctica Day1 - Beagle Channel

A travel blog entry by erriuc

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As I am writing these few lines, our boat, the Lyubov Orlova, is slowly exiting the Beagle Channel heading into Drake's Passage, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Pacific Oceans.  We are about 1 hour away from the critical point and the boat is ...

Santiago, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Santiago

A travel blog entry by aussierach

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Hitting rock bottom in Santiago, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Hitting rock bottom in Santiago

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans

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... over the LTTS and started wondering if our slump wasn't just due to a lack of good wine? The though of five days of tasting in Chile's best wine producing areas had all fired up! We picked up our tiny little rental car, headed south and never looked ...

Taquile Island, Taquile, Peru travel blog

Taquile Island

A travel blog entry by dane

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We woke up bright and early on Saturday. I slept like a champ on my reed bed. Actually I had brought my sleeping bag which was a brilliant idea. It wasn't brutally cold that night, but cold enough. Doreen and Stephen joined Bev and me at our ...

Gateway to Bolivia, San pedro de atacama, Chile travel blog

Gateway to Bolivia

A travel blog entry by erriuc

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36 hours in La Sarena, La Serena, Chile travel blog

36 hours in La Sarena

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans

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... almost 24 bus trip from San Pedro de Atacama to Valparaiso we planned to spend a day in the coastal town of La Serena, Chile's second oldest city. We arrived early the morning after taking the overnight bus from San Pedro and were fortunate to get an ...

Santiago, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Santiago

A travel blog entry by dacraic

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We spent an extra four days in Mendoza as the Chilean border was closed due to snow. Everyone in Savligiano Hostel was waiting to cross the Andes to Santiago, so we all got to know each other pretty well! By the fourth day Grechy ...

Leaving the South American mainland, Santiago de Chile, Chile travel blog

Leaving the South American mainland

A travel blog entry by worldofbintang

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After crossing the Andes we returned to Santiago where we had stopped briefly as we travelled South in March. We stayed in the dormitory at Casa Roja which is the biggest and most popular hostel, converted from a 19th Century mansion. We had hoped to ...

Start of my roadtrip to nowhere, Calama, Chile travel blog

Start of my roadtrip to nowhere

A travel blog entry by erriuc

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Ghost Trains, Flamingos & Salt Flats, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile travel blog

Ghost Trains, Flamingos & Salt Flats

A travel blog entry by vickersontour

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... was where one of the scenes was shot for the last Bond movie 'Quantum of Solace'! Most of the shooting was in Bolivia, but Northern Chile had its moments as well. We then drove across one part of the Chilean Salt Flats (not as big as Bolivia's, but big ...

A day by the pool - and a bit of footy, Santiago, Chile travel blog

A day by the pool - and a bit of footy

A travel blog entry by vickersontour

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Today was a day to catch up on relaxation. We spent the whole day, evening and night by the pool and bar. It was good to chill out for the day. Not much else to report ...

A day of shopping - spending money we ain't got!!!, Santiago, Chile travel blog

A day of shopping - spending money we ain't got!!!

A travel blog entry by vickersontour

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We went into town to do some shopping today. Bought a few bits and bobs that we needed, and plenty of stuff that we probably don't! Still can't get a signal on my phone, which is probably good after Forest's recent form! We spent the late ...

Good-Bye Desert, Hello End of the World, Punta Arenas, Chile travel blog

Good-Bye Desert, Hello End of the World

A travel blog entry by semi-backpacker

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GOODBYE DESERT On my last night in San Pedro, I went to the town center to use the high speed internet cafe, the only one in the desert! The wait was long, but well worth it to upload my pictures and get my blogging fix. Before I knew it, the full ...

Back to the desert, San pedro de Atacama, Chile travel blog

Back to the desert

A travel blog entry by erriuc

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Habla Ingles??, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Habla Ingles??

A travel blog entry by meercatvinny

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Hola!!! First impressions of Santiago? Well, lets just say first impressions don't last, at least not in this part of the world. We thought it was noisy, smelly and thick with smog (which it is), but after a couple of days it grows on you and the bad ...

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