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Tirúa - Concepción
... auf, streckt den Zeigefinger aus und winkt mich herbei. Alle Blicke sind nun auf mich gerichtet und so fahre ich ihm entgegen. Zunächst fordert er mich spaßeshalber mit einer Pistole vom Rad und zum Abschied verlangt er einen Kuss auf die Wange, wobei er das Gesicht jedoch blitzartig dreht und ich einen dicken Schmatzer mit rotem Lippenstift auf den Mund erhalte. Dann bin ich wieder frei und steuere auf die Carabineros (chilenische Polizei) zu, die in ...
One night in almost Germany
One night in the cute town of Frutillar, a town that really felt like Germany in the 1970s. An airshow was very cool as I sat next to a top gun look alike who had the radio to the guys flying, very cool indeed as they said "ahora" for the change.,
In the morning headed to Puerto Montt, which despite being in a stunning area, is quite unappealing. The day was stunning as we left port 6 hours ...
El desastre
... still intact, but there are no walls. Here and there, the only thing that still stands of a few former houses is the toilet (good plumbing job I guess).
Amazingly, a few buildings survived, including one little restaurant right in front of the beach. Paradoxically, buildings in front of the beach had a better chance to survive, because they had to stand the water only and not “floating houses” carried by the power of ...
Concepcion and back again
... flew out from Concepcion yesterday and Emma joined us. Suprise suprise she is also bagless! I am therefore at home once again today waiting for bags to arrive. It's no hardship though, there are three teeny puppies which squeak until they are cuddled.It only seems fair.... We are staying in a different place just outside Arauco this time. I must admit it ...
Build me a road
... turned into a mammoth drive) to Tubul, our next site. The earthquake and tsunami really trashed this part of the coast. We were sent on a diversion to get there as their bridge had been swept away only to find out later that the bridge has been replaced by a floating military style bridge. It seems to be that Ed gets all the fun driving days and he ended up driving on some crazy mud roads and bottoming out the car a lot. The silliness ...
This hotel was formerly known as: La Joya Del Mar


