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Sea, sand and watching the sun go down, Easter Island, Chile travel blog

Sea, sand and watching the sun go down

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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I woke up with the sun rising at about 08:00 and got up to start uploading photgraphs before anyone else started using the campsite internet. Erica only awoke at 09:30 and we both probably had about a glass of wine too many last night. Still we got ready ...

Lauca National Park, Putre, Chile travel blog

Lauca National Park

A travel blog entry by erriuc

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Santiago - and back to our Bar, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Santiago - and back to our Bar

A travel blog entry by themurphys

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We arrived back in Santiago Friday morning.... and would fly out  midnight Sunday...so the entry title is "Santiago - and back to our Bar"...  cos that was the big plan for our last 2 nights before heading home...and we were soooooooooooooooooo ...

Hola Amigos!!!, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Hola Amigos!!!

A travel blog entry by nomadic-brands

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... it is or what time it is! We have had two consecutive overnight flights with ZERO sleep. All I do know is that "Estamos aqui en Chile!!!" Woo hoo! OK, so we left Rarotonga at 1am on the 27th. Our flight was 4 hours duration and we landed at 5am on the ...

Still the longest day of our life, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Still the longest day of our life

A travel blog entry by emanddave

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... we actually arrived at Santiago at midday the same day. Flight was good esp the entertainment system prob best ever had (flying with Lan Chile) with big tv screens at back of seat and loads of films, CDs and games to choose from and can start/stop them ...

Fishy business with Colchester, Puerto Varas, Chile travel blog

Fishy business with Colchester

A travel blog entry by dazzla

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... of British attitudes towards the Argies during that time. So with book in hand I got on the bus towards Punta Arenas in Chile (only two border stops) where I spent one cold night before catching a cheap flight up to Puerto Montt and getting the bus ...

Sand boarding in San Pedro de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile travel blog

Sand boarding in San Pedro de Atacama

A travel blog entry by you_know_zo

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So, after arriving in San Pedro de Atacama (SPDA), Tom and I were both sick... I´m not going to go into details, but we didn´t eat for a whole day and were feeling a bit sorry for ourselves... Flippin chicken on that flippin salt flats tour!! ...

Our country cottage retreat!, Ensenada, Chile travel blog

Our country cottage retreat!

A travel blog entry by alexndean

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... have a bit of company as Alex's parents have arranged to fly over to spend some time with us (and maybe see a bit of Chile as well!).  We traveled up from Castro to the airport at Puerto Montt on Monday morning, briefly stopping in Puerto Montt in ...

Magellan Straight, Tierra Del Fuego - Chile, Chile travel blog

Magellan Straight

A travel blog entry by erriuc

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Towards Buenos ...

Puerto Natales, Puerto Natales, Chile travel blog

Puerto Natales

A travel blog entry by marc-patty

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Torres del Paine National Park, Torres del Paine, Chile travel blog

Torres del Paine National Park

A travel blog entry by marc-patty

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Back to Chile We're back over in Chile, apparently a much more expensive country than Argentina. However, down here in Patagonia, there's not that much difference, and we find ourselves paying less for accommodation in our first stop, Puerto Natales, ...

Well, it's winter. What more do you want to know?, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Well, it's winter. What more do you want to know?

A travel blog entry by arichardson

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For a moment, I considered going through this week without updating. After all, I didn't travel, I didn't do much of anything new and nothing huge is going on in the news. The student's strike ended, rather peacefully (I put up some photos for the last ...

Volcán Villarica, Pucon, Chile travel blog

Volcán Villarica

A travel blog entry by arichardson

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... to her some more and then continued up the volcano without her. He had demoniacal eyes. The view downhill was utterly impressive. Chile hasn't seen much rain, even though the current La Niña weather pattern usually stirs it up. What does crawl into ...

From Salt Planes to the Volcanoes, Puçon, Chile travel blog

From Salt Planes to the Volcanoes

A travel blog entry by worldofbintang

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After saying goodbye to the rest of the guys in our tour group we crossed the border into Chile and visited the small town of San Pedro de Atacuma then went to Calama (a town about 2 hours on from there). As we wanted to head as far south as possible ...

A last look at the Pacific, Pichilemu, Chile travel blog

A last look at the Pacific

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans

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... area between the cabins setup with hammocks and a fire pit. Just the way we wanted to spend our last few days in Chile.   After we'd checked in we took a drive through town which had a real laidback beach atmosphere with loads of little ...

It's a little...  Chile., Santiago - Valparaiso, Chile travel blog

It's a little... Chile.

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... you, rather, focus on the fact that you forgot to get a rabies vaccination before leaving home. The presence of manky dogs in Chile is overwhelming. Killing me. Dominating me. In fact, I have undergone a 4 day psychological battle (of the death) to regain ...

Spring time in Chile!, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Spring time in Chile!

A travel blog entry by sarahwalsh

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... together. I find myself thinking that everyday something wonderful happens, you meet awesome people everyday and everyday is different. Chile is more western than other countries, but also has its own South American flavour. The 18th is ...

Lost on a motorway, Colina, Chile travel blog

Lost on a motorway

A travel blog entry by nigelball

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The only way out of Santiago airport was represented by a series of badly signposted motoways. Not having a clue which was for me, I consulted my compass and chose the one that seemed to most closely approximate the direction of the Andes. I was ...

Greetings from Mars!, Southwest corner, Bolivia travel blog

Greetings from Mars!

A travel blog entry by seankervin

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After spending a day on the Salar (salt flat), we continued making a massive loop through the desert in our land cruiser through martian landscapes of red, yellow, green, white, and adobe, with bizarre multi-colored salt lagoons packed with ...

Patagonia landscapes, Pucon, Chile travel blog

Patagonia landscapes

A travel blog entry by mrjoey

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... a heavy Germanic influence here, wooden chalets, kuchen (German cake) and good beer. Alot of German and Swiss immigrants arrived in Chile and spilled over the border into Argentina creating a little Germany or Switzerland. It was here I met up again with ...

Chaiten, Chaiten, Chile travel blog

Chaiten

A travel blog entry by alexndean

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Alex: We left Coyhaique early for another mammoth trip over dirt road to cover the ridiculously short distance to Chaiten. The scenery was spectacular; lake filled valleys, tree covered hills, glaciers, snow capped mountains. The road was occasionally ...

Still the longest day of our lives!, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile travel blog

Still the longest day of our lives!

A travel blog entry by emanddave

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Arrived at Hanga Roa at about 23.00 at the smallish airport but by no means the smallest have been to. Were met by Gonzalez from our hostel (Kona Tau - part of Hostelling International) and two flower garlands which were hesitantly put on! Were given a ...

Circuito de los Dientes de Navarino, Puerto Williams, Chile travel blog

Circuito de los Dientes de Navarino

A travel blog entry by rachel_john

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I have to confess that one of the reasons that I wanted to come to Puerto Williams in Chile was because home (in Scotland) is right next to a little village called Port William. Both villages share the geographic honour of being very southern in their ...

Our 5th time in Chile!, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Our 5th time in Chile!

A travel blog entry by emanddave

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... Mid afternoon we approach the bustle of Santiago where we realise we have now been several times and it is our fifth time in Chile, surprised customs didnt ask any questions! At the bus station we buy our tickets to get to the airport later on and then ...

Dear Paul, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Dear Paul

A travel blog entry by eatdessertfirst

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... proved that persistence pays off and eventually got our business. We were already feeling a little annoyed at the unexpected $25 USD LAN Chile tax we had be slugged on leaving Argentina on top of the "Reciprocal visa fee" of $112 USD we had just paid ...

Slowing the Pace Down a Little, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Slowing the Pace Down a Little

A travel blog entry by irax

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The flight over to Santiago was excellent, I made a small effort on my part to free Cuba by participating in many Cuba Libres. It didn´t work but was a valiant effort and I had fun trying. I didn´t get much sleep on the plane so I was a little ...

Yet another day by the pool - so lazy!!, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Yet another day by the pool - so lazy!!

A travel blog entry by vickersontour

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The decision has been made to stay in Santiago until Saturday and basically do b*gger all. It's 30-35 degrees here and clear blue skies. It's going to remain this way for the foreseeable future as well. We have a nice pool and bar area here at the ...

Having some wine then back to La Casa Roja, Santiago, Chile travel blog

Having some wine then back to La Casa Roja

A travel blog entry by vickersontour

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We got up early this morning to take a walk down to the waterfall. It's quite a vast falls, but the water flow is smaller at this time of year so they weren't as grand as they could be. There was a bit of a chill in the air and so a swim was decided ...

A walk around the city...and some cheap beers, Santiago, Chile travel blog

A walk around the city...and some cheap beers

A travel blog entry by vickersontour

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... walk around the city. First place we came to was a Palace called "Palacio de la Moneda". It's a really grand place with all the Chile flags waving about outside. We had a walk up to the entrance and asked a guard - in Spanish - if we could get a photo ...

The cool and fresh breeze of the ocean, Arica, Chile travel blog

The cool and fresh breeze of the ocean

A travel blog entry by erriuc

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