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Valdivia Slideshow
Valdivia
Travel Blogs from Valdivia, Chile
la region la mas lluviosa de Chile
... tocques de la cultura americana" so Canada is famous for it's culture - french Quebec and the US!. After spending the night in Valdivia we headed for Puyehue volcano - pretty drive, still raining, good roads. Hugh soaked in the hot pools while I went ...
German beer and more sealions!
... see a bit more of Chile and break up the journey to Patagonia, so we decided to spend a day in a place called Valdivia. This city has a large German influence, which was quite interesting to see.. lots of beer and chocolates! Apparently in the 19th ...
Lots of water - Lake district to the river distric
... probably would have been. On the way we stopped at two lake viewpoints to take some cloudy pictures. When we arrived in Valdivia, we first went to our hostel and checked in. So far the hostels have been rather disappointing. Tonight's hostel would turn ...
Furseals and seafood
On our way to Pucon we detoured to a university town, Valdivia. We arrived late at night and were scared that our hostel would be closed. When we found it (looking at a map in the dark while raining) we knew all was well. The owner answered the door with ...
Reserva Costera Valdiviana
... per my experiences previously travelling, whilst different, it honestly is just as nice as what we have back home, but this is Chile and Chile is not Tasmania Styx Valley. It reminded me of it though, it has been heavily logged and is now protected so it ...
Valdivia water competition XXI
... , but the weather moved in and we were stranded for 4 hours. We finally made it out and the ride to Valdivia was beautful. The country side of Chile is just amazing, and very uninhabited. When we first landed, I wandered over to the port and there were ...
Mr. Bombastic
... the place is normally but there was no one there and the people that were there were all couples actually the whole town of Valdivia is just couples like i literally have never seen so many couples in my life! Me and Barbara were joking that maybe when ...
Valdivia
Feb 3: Next day, another 400km to Valdivia, and Claudia's small cabin, one of 3 where she lives. Her French boyfriend Patrick owns them; he lives in one, Claudia in the next one, and her 18-year-old daughter in the other. Claudia pleased ...
Fotos
Kayaking amongst the sealions
... And the journey was fab, we went 1st class salon cama and had little beds and drinks out of a glass, so nice! Valdivia itself is in a lovely setting - by the river surrounded by the forrest - very picturesque. The town itself is very nice ...
Heading up to Siete Tazas
... they want me... and also to work there. Boom. But they are all hourly raters, not contracts so I want something more solid. But Valdivia is sick, I'll probs end up living here and all that jazz.Oh yeah happy birthday Bru. Fucking love you. Have a great ...
Spanish Forts, Storms and Snowfall
... with terrential rain and high winds courtesy of a large storm that had wound up as it worked it's way across the Pacific. Valdivia is located on Chile's west coast approx 150km's (3hr's in a bus) south-west of Pucon at the confluence of two big rivers, ...
A big day
... last crack at volcano climb but all to no avail. So we head to the universidad/party capital around these parts known an Valdivia. We head down the markets to search out some feed for dinner and see all these enormous sea lions lurking around trying to ...
An Afternoon with Mami
Today was a typical workday for Chole, so we were up with the alarm at 6:45, breakfast at the buffet on the 12th floor, then off she went. Which left me alone to enjoy another cup of coffee, take in the view, and snap a few photos. I decided that ...
Aftershocks
Well I've made solid contact with all of my friends in the country, nothing but positives thank god. I've been watching the news all day and it is really grim. The death toll is sitting at 147 last time I checked, which is fucking heavy. The ...
Stuck in a great place
Well, I am still in Valdivia. The roads up north are pretty hacked up and a few bridges have collapsed. THe gas here has run out, as well as the power is sporadic and there are fears of the water being cut off. The creme de la creme is that they can't ...
Fishmarkets in Valdivia
... and was awesome to have some vegetables again! The next day we spent checking out the amazing fish markets which Valdivia is known for. There was stacks of fresh fish of every description and it was fascinating watching the ...
A day at the beach
Got up late to another gorgeous day filled with sunshine--very atypical for this time of year. Chole and I made our way to the buffet breakfast again, with the magnificent view of the river below. We drove to Niebla to a sort of ...