Chile Travel Blogs - Page 3

The 'Harbour' at Hanga Roa with the remnants of Ahu Tautira (the one facing inland)- many of the stones from the Ahu were used to build the wharf. The sun is out today, after another night of torrential rain. Ive been visiting the local markets & doing some souvineer shopping. Pretty mu…

so sailing the straights is a must do for anylover of the water. the things you see not to mention the penguins are beyond believe. not only is the countryside of chile spectactular to look at but as you can see by the pictures the horizon was never hard on the eyes either. it took only two days bu…

We spent the day in the lovely scenery of National Parc Torres del Paine. At night we arrived in Puerto Natales (what's in a name? ;-)), a small town where we had a lovely Christmas Eve dinner in a nice restaurant. First Kings crab we had on the trip.

My first taste of South America and I have had such a good time in Santiago even though I wish my Spanish was so much better. The first day we arrived on Monday went on for about 40 hours as we crossed the international date line and we went back in time. I still don´t think my body has fully got…

Back in the big smoke Santiago, and it continually living up to its reputation as the smoggiest city in South America. For the second time we don't even realise the Andes are close by for the clouds. The big shave has happened though and the boy has a lot less hair - check out the pics. We leave ea…

First impressions of Chile on arrival were that the Chilaens really need to work on their public image. Santiago is an amazing city in some areas but the route from the domestic airport to central Santiago takes you through the dingiest neighbourhoods in the city. I arrived in Bario (Nei…

never thought i would hike so many miles in a 2-week period. looking back, i'm astonished at what we had accomplished.

Chile 2006

Date: 05-02-07 From: Ushuaia To: Aitcho 20:00 Position             55˚10’9.S         066˚23’2.W Weather:                 &nbs…

My final day of Spanish class in Chile is today and a week in a new country has reminded me of some of the same old lessons.. 1) Always have a fourth and a fifth backup plant 2) Don´t show up at a disco before it opens 3) Always, ALWAYS carry extra toilet paper. (this shouldn´t need any furthe…

OK, here goes....It was the first time flying on LAN and it was a pleasant surprise...great seats and individual movies, so I thought this could be a very good start....watched MADE OF HONOUR, which featured many scenic backdrops of Scotland and traditional scottish wedding rituals (the piece of in…

I don't particularly like to do the touristy thing. Specially not in Santiago. In fact, I hate it. So I tend to avoid it. That being said, Carolynn was in town, and was going to couch it in my flat for a night. She wanted to get at least a glimpse of the Santiago described in the travel guide…

Today I went on a trip that Jose had planned for me.  I’m not sure whether he’s trying to be helpful or just testing my endurance ;-)  I caught a train, then had to change to another train, then find where the bus went from to visit a winery and then back to the train terminus to catc…

When the faculty in the IU School of Journalism proposed this class with a travel component, the goal was to see what was considered news in Latin America (in Chile, specifically), how news companies operated and how it compares to the U.S., through our own eyes. But throughout our excursions, obse…

     So we wanted to write a little wrap up. First of all since we left each other's side a week ago, I have to say that, 1) it was one of the most fun few months I ever had, and 2) I really love him/her. I would have never have as much fun if I would have done this alone, and probably never hav…