Pisco Elqui

After six months of studying abroad in Chile, IŽve finally begun the long trip home! From South America allllll the way back to Colorado, IŽll be boating, busing, hitching, walking, and tuk tuking to the states! Wish me luck :) Feel free to become ...

As i have been asked a million and 1 times where we are going.... 6 months in South America starting in Chile and working our overland through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Uraguay, Paraguay and finally back to Santiago ...

... Elqui Valley was originally named La Union, but former Chilean president Gabriel Gonzales Videla personally changed the name to "Pisco Elqui" to undermine Peruvian claims of having originated the beverage! The ubiquitous pisco sour is a tangy ...

... my room, and most appealing speak german to me. You really can?t ask for more if you know what i mean. In Pisco Elqui, valley of resplendent relaxation and geomagnetic waves, so they say, we found a very loyal companion named Berhard from Austria. ...

... wine based drink that both Chile and Peru claim as their own.  None the less as the name of the town suggests Pisco Elqui produces Pisco, so naturally the first thing to do after making friends in the hostel was to hitchhike just out of town to the ...

... which suffers from the usual Pacific Ocean gloom, to head up the Elqui valley inland through the vineyards to the village of Pisco Elqui, where the weather was much sunnier and more chilled atmosphere. Found a brilliant hostel to stay in - El Tesora de ...