Chile Travel Blogs - Page 6

After the carnage of the fancy dress, our next stop was Santiago.  The half way point of the trip and also where we said good bye to eight of the group and picked up nine new travellers.  Before the guys left we had to have one last night out on the town.  Yeap, it was a rough one. I…

Yesterday we went to la Universidad Mayor's main campus in Huachuraba-- aka ridiculously far away from our regular school. Huachuraba is pretty cool; it's very close to el Cerro de Santa Lucia and is far enough away from the city that we could actually see the hills. Downtown Santiago is very very …

Well I got to Santiago and it wasnt a 18 hour flight from Madrid, it was only 12,5 so that was good news.The bad news is that my back started acting up on the flight here. Now 2 days later I am still in pain all the time... Things could be a lot better! Ive just been to the farmacy and bought some …

  The mood was set for our trip to Chile as soon as we crossed the boarder.  From the plane you could see the Andes, these beautiful pristine mountains that bring a sense of calm.  San Tiago, Chile is much the same, very calm.  I’m not sure if it’s the neighborhood we’re …

This blog is of my trip back to Chile after having left the country a decade ago to move to the United States. During this trip we went to Santiago, Vina del Mar and La Serena (and several other cities surrounding this area).

Like I had mentioned before, me and Sara were studying abroad in Chile but were feeling the need to get out and get around.  Bus tickets to Buenos Aires were going for $100 round trip (little did we know we know flights were on sale at this same time for about $120... o silly little gring…

A very enjoyable morning spent earing my excellent breakfast provided by the portellio hostel staff, no sooner had I eaten my toasted chesse and ham sandwich when Adebayor scored for the Arsenal, my second cup of tea and Arsenal go 2-0 up. A good morning spent watching the game and chatting to Rica…

Leaving Viña at 5pm today...Just e-mailed my parents and figured out what is going on once i get back to the states...in terms of the snow storm and what not. I just want to be home now. We have beautiful weather today and I believe i´m heading to the beach right after this short post.Last ni…

So, at the (almost) two-week mark, I have visited both Buenos Aires and Santiago. Two different cities, yet one thing remains the same: both have very slow service in restaurants! I was caught totally unawares several times as I rushed to grab a bite to eat in a corner café in Buenos Aires, …

Ok so the hostel computer has broken and along with it has gone my draft I wrote up last night, so sorry this can only be brief. If you ever get to go to Chile, go here - Torres del Paine National Park. What an incredible, beautiful, challenging, fun, adventurous, breathtaking 5 days, 4 nights we …

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We arrived in San Pedro town, and at first glances it seems like a lovely little town - dusty streets lined with nice looking hostels and cafes.  As soon as the bus stopped we were hounded by a few hotel/hostel owners and while Paul and Aideen went to the HI hostel, I went down to Hostel Corva…

There are some very distinctive contrasts between Buenos Aires and Santiago.  Many of these differences appear to stem from the different cultural backgrounds of the people.  Argentina has a much more European vibe, at least from what I’ve observed and experienced in Buenos Aires. …

It's about Argentina, started in Buenos Aires, then Peninsulda Valdes, El Calafate, Torres del Paine in Chili. Then we went to the most southern city of the world, Ushuaia. Our last stop was a visit to the spectacular Iguazu falls at the border of Argentina and Brasil.

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