Trip: En Sur América
There are [49] stories from my trip: En Sur América
PERU | Saturday, 17 Jan 2009 | Views [9226] | Comments [4]
This was one of the most unusual, awkward, and interesting tour i have ever done. Ok so this tour is in no guidebook because it´s technically an illegal tour. I heard about this tour traveling around chile and bolivia. I heard that there is a prison ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Sunday, 11 Jan 2009 | Views [664]
After the salt flats and the 3 day jeep journey we moved on to potosi, bolivia. A world unesco heritage site. Potosi is important because it has been a mining town since the 1500s. Spain brought over africans and used indigenous bolivians and forced ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Saturday, 10 Jan 2009 | Views [1026]
After all of the problems i had with immigration it felt really good to be done with all of it and start experiencing things inside bolivia without the immigration complications hanging around in my mind. So the third day of our jeep ride we would leave ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Friday, 9 Jan 2009 | Views [652]
Sorry for the delay in blogging but the the internet in bolivia is exetremely slow and i'm behind about a week. But i can't forget THIS!! So after the first day we headed to Uyuni because we couldnt access the salt flats because the route was too flooded.... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Friday, 9 Jan 2009 | Views [600]
Ok so the next destination is bolivia. In san pedro chile we booked a tour that will take us from san pedro to uyuni, bolivia. To get there isnt just your normal sunday afternoon drive, it´s a 4x4 jeep expedition through some really rough terrain. No ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Friday, 9 Jan 2009 | Views [627]
Sooo once i got thru the bolivian customs we set out thru the remote bolivian highlands. The first day we constantly ascended through the andes mountains. The whole place is pretty lifeless, not much greenery. But because there are loads of volcanoes ... Read more >
CHILE | Thursday, 8 Jan 2009 | Views [587]
So after new years martin, myself, and 2 girls from australia went to san pedro de atacama, chile. It was a 18 hour bus ride from santiago and is on the border with bolivia. The atacama desert is the driest place on earth. NASA does alot of tests there ... Read more >
CHILE | Tuesday, 6 Jan 2009 | Views [2293]
Okk so let me explain to you what happens on NYE in valpo..Hundreds of thousands of people come from all over the world to valpo to experience NYE. Massive fireworks, packed street parties that last literally days after the 1st. Soo this is what happened.... Read more >
CHILE | Monday, 5 Jan 2009 | Views [513]
Todas a hola, sorry the break in blogs but i´ve been really busy. Ok let me do a quick brief..so i came of the ferry and came took a 12 hour bus ride from puerto montt to santiago. Santiago is the most modern and westernized city in all of southern ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Saturday, 3 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Friday, 26 Dec 2008 | Views [412]
This man could be God. Chris is the chuck norris of chile. Chris practically runs the navimag ferry by himself. From supervising the dining room, being the maintence manager on a massive frieghter, and all at the same time entertaining loads of drunken ... Read more >
CHILE | Wednesday, 24 Dec 2008 | Views [494]
Well i just arrived in santiago this morning. The navimag boat ferry was quite the experience! Me and a spanish guy guillen checked in around 9pm thursday and we had to stay on the boat thursday night in the port, the boat was going to leave early friday ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 19 Dec 2008 | Views [469]
Yesterday i saw the huge perito merino glacier in el calafate in argentina. Absolutely amazing! 60 meters tall. like a mile wide and it moves 2 meters a day!! Saw huge chunks of ice fall into the lake while we were on the boat in front of it. But didnt ... Read more >
CHILE | Friday, 19 Dec 2008 | Views [507]
Soo i am about to go on my ferry ride from puerto natales to puerto montt today and i was told that grog is a tad bit expensive on the ship so to bring your own. When looking for good ship grog you have to keep in one thing in mind. IT MUST BE CHEAP! ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 18 Dec 2008 | Views [434]
I just wanted to blog about some random stuff i´ve seen that i thought was interesting. there are provincial stops everytime you travel through different providences (states) in argentina.--pretty wierd they´ll check your passport and that´s about ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008 | Views [426] | Comments [1]
Well it happened..i was taking a shower in the bath/shower room and i folded my pants and my clothes and put them on the bench in front of my shower. While i was getting clean i was getting my wallet cleaned oUT! Well no cash was taken, not much, but ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008 | Views [503]
Well ushuaia is a very special place. The southermost city in the world. The city is set in a grand surrounding. Tiny islands in the distant, mountains behind the city. The first day i arrived i went on the boat tour to see the famous ¨last lighthouse¨ ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Views [453] | Comments [2]
No one said it would be easy! I left buenos aires on monday. 16 hours to puerto madryn...up in a hotel one night..nice bike ride around town..Onto Rio gallegos for what i thought would just be another quick stop and go..no there were no buses out until ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 12 Dec 2008 | Views [416]
Ya so i´ve been trying to go to ushuiaua, the southern most city in the world and i caught a bus to puerto madryn, 16 hours from ba. stayed one night and thought i could do another 16 hours and then catch a 10 bus right away to get to ushuiaua. No. I ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [441]
It was definitely hard to leave ba. But if i didnt it would compromise my timetable of being in santiago, chile for new years eve. And i have a lot to see before that, ie patagonia. BA nightlife and the culture in the hostel i was staying at has a way ... Read more >
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