Chile Travel Blogs - Page 11

My bus was due in the morning at half 10; I left early to make sure I could find the station and the bus, naturally, was late, so I spent the first hour of my day standing in the blisteringly hot desert sun. Once the bus did arrive I was pleased to discover it was quite nice, however the 12 or so p…

Just returned from an amazing 11 day cruise to Antarctica.Highly recommend Antarpply Expeditions,and the ship,mv Ushuaia.This small ship carries around 80 passengers.The crew and expedition staff were professional,and inspiring.The twice daily landings by rubber Zodiacs were well organized,and completely safe.Photos to follow

Just a couple of pics (with a bad camera) from Santiago.

Pictures from my first trip to Chile.

Pics from Torres Del Paine, Chile

    As I sit in the Starbucks, happily using the speedy wireless internet, I start to see many comparisons between the Latin American city, Santiago, and the North American city of Birmingham, Alabama.  While yes, there are obvious differences, the workings of each city are craz…

Hola amigos. as those of you who know me are already aware, brought down by the ennui of life in the UK and the NHS, we quit our miserable jobs and flew away for three months to see the wonders of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. here's a few bits of our adventures. (i started this about a month into the trip but I'll try and write about the first few weeks retrospectively.)

My impressions of Chile!! Initially, I compared everything to Buenos Aires and YES there were significant differences.  Everything seemed cleaner and less busy than BsAs.. The buildings and cars and people didn’t have the grey tinge of all the heavy pollution.  There were fe…

Okey dokey, memory fading fast and not helped by large quantities of Argentinain wine, but I will persevere !!We left our sordid trallelers ( well, me anyway, H is not so sordid !) recovering in Bolivia from ill advised activites involving large quadrupeds that in reality, we are a bit old to be pr…

Latino America 2007

Last morning at the pooltaxi to bus stationbus to santiagobus to airportspending spree to shed pesosflight to paris

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I´d arrived in Santiago later than I really wanted after missing a night bus back from La Serena. All the buses back to the capital were booked up pretty early, I stayed the night over in La Serena and got up early to catch the 7:30 bus to Santiago. I eventually got to Santiago at around 2 in the…

My map

 Snow was all around us, but these mountain peaks were so strangely shaped that there were certain areas where the snow didn’t stick or even hit. Receding glaciers, my analytical mind instinctively told me, even as I tried to make my camera realize these peaks had no foothills, seemingly thr…