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Blown away by Torres del Paine

It was an early start to the day to catch our 7am bus to the park. We were greeted with absolutely amazing weather again and we thought 'have we really arrived in Patagonia?' Our bus trip was great as before we even started hiking we got clear views of the Paine Massif and saw an ostrich with...

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chrishoorweg on November 27, 2007 from Puerto Natales, Chile

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The Lucky Passengers!

Our four day trip on the Navimag started with clear blue skies in Puerto Montt, Southern Patagonia, and the weather continued to be very kind to us for the entire trip. So much so that the on board guide kept telling us that we were the ´lucky passengers´. They had not had a clear day for the...

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chrishoorweg on November 22, 2007 from Puerto Natales, Chile

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Crampons, ice axes and an active volcano!

After an overnight bus from Santiago we arrived early morning into Pucon, in the Chilean lakes district. An area consisting of numerous glacial fed lakes and the most exciting - volcanoes!! The time had arrived for us to try and tackle climbing the active Volcan Villarica, 2800m. We spent our...

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chrishoorweg on November 6, 2007 from Pucon, Chile

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An unexpectedly nice place...

Our flight to the other side of the continent was uneventful, saying good bye to the sun was very difficult that´s for sure!! Santiago, the capital of Chile, has been unexpectedly nice. We had read that this city was not much to look at. Well, we´ve had a really great time here, mostly...

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chrishoorweg on October 31, 2007 from Santiago, Chile

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Erste Reise überstanden

Nach dem ersten Monat Reisen wieder zurück in Santiago, zum Glück nur bis zum 16.11....

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hapan on October 26, 2007 from Santiago, Chile

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La Serena

Letzter Aufenthalt im Norden.

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hapan on October 21, 2007 from La Serena, Chile

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Caldera

Bei den schönsten Stränden Chiles.

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hapan on October 19, 2007 from Caldera, Chile

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Calama

Sind um 5:30 angekommen, und durften somit wieder in ein Hostal um auf den Bus nach San Pedro zu warten. An dem Tag war Feiertag und somit konnten wir kein Auto ausleihen so wie geplant.

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hapan on October 15, 2007 from Calama, Chile

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