Trip: Chillin´in Chile
There are [17] stories from my trip: Chillin´in Chile
CHILE | Wednesday, 5 Dec 2007 | Views [1211] | Comments [3]
Patagonia as a region grips you--and never lets go. It enchants you. Captures your every glance. Tantilizes your senses! It is no wonder that men upon men have written of this wonderous place. This trip truly has been one through Patagonian terrain, ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
CHILE | Sunday, 18 Nov 2007 | Views [3494] | Comments [4]
OK - so here we are, thousands upon thousands of miles away from home, only hundreds of miles away from Antarctica, our senses dazzled by glaciers, condors, and impecccable Chilean vistas, and dulled by horrific Chilean food. We came down here almost ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
CHILE | Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Views [2756] | Comments [3]
I will begin this story with a quote from our blog ¨What´s the Point¨: ...down here, what you see everywhere, are stray dogs. I am the first person to say that you have to help people before you help animals, but this is ridiculous. You see animals ... Read more >
Tags: Work
CHILE | Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Monday, 29 Oct 2007 | Views [1325] | Comments [7]
You know a trip is going to be crappy when the first thing you see when you get to your destination is a toilet full of crap! And that was the first thing Meli happened upon when we got to Chiloé. Chiloé is a small island in the South of Chile. ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
CHILE | Friday, 26 Oct 2007 | Views [2100] | Comments [6]
Pucon, Chile-it could possibly the adventurer´s dream. The small community itself is completely surrounded by verdant mountains that jut powerfully into the sky. More stunning however is Volcan Villarica that looms in the distance. It smokes daily, ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
CHILE | Friday, 26 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Friday, 26 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Friday, 26 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Before we headed to South America, we spent a week or so with Steve´s sister and her boyfriend and Meli´s Uncle´s family.
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CHILE | Friday, 26 Oct 2007 | Views [740] | Comments [2]
So anyways, in Pucòn, there is a ton of stuff to do. Despite how great it would have been to climb the smoking volcano, we opted to go for a horse trek. The Steve McQueen in me is obsessed with horses and Meli is pretty much down with any animal big ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
CHILE | Friday, 26 Oct 2007 | Views [702] | Comments [3]
OK - a quick history lesson. The European colonization of South America began in much the same way that it did in North America - with Spanish expeditions. In South America, a 1495 Papal declaration ceded Brazil to Portugal and all lands west of Brazil ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
CHILE | Wednesday, 17 Oct 2007 | Views [1552] | Comments [8]
Here we are, day number 6 in Chile. We left the capital of Santiago several days ago and arrived in Valparaiso (literally ¨"go to paradise") on Monday afternoon. This city is definitely a place everyone should see before they die. The city ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
