"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, s ..."
A travel blog entry from Santiago by
dacraic
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"HOT HOT HOT !!! and dry...this place gets 2 mm of rain each year...that's about the smallest distance you can make between 2 fingers... not much rain. I'm g ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
rawhideone
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"I'm not saying it was wrong. I mean, really, they can do what they like. I'm all for that. in fact - good luck to them. But as we stood before the magnificent, luminous statue of t ..."
"So while Nik and I were waiting around Puerto Natales and collecting our camping equipment for the W hike through Torres del Paine, we got word from Bret and Oksana that they were ..."
"Panorama image from Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org (Click on the image to enlarge) The air is Antarctic clean compared to the oft diesel entrapped fumes of Buenos Aires. Not ..."
A travel blog entry from Santiago by
gwaymar
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"We completed our transit of the Chilean fjords and Magellan straits at Puenta Arenas Chile after sailing around 280 nautical miles. We arrived at the anchor point and dropped ..."
"Day 31 (Rio and away) November 19 Get up and head down to brekkie. This time we get a table right against the window looking across to the beach. The day is goin ..."
"I wish there was more I could say about Santiago. I mean, even I was disappointed by how little I acheived in Lima, and thought that Santiago would offer a more cosmopolitan city e ..."
A travel blog entry from Santiago by
rich_mcg
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"6,300 miles later and I'm now in the beautiful city of Santiago, Chile! I arrived last night and words cannot describe how excited I am to be here. This trip is not just a site-see ..."