http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/lilbrina/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from lilbrina en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:33:56 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:33:56 +0000 Soooo...in Pucon i stayed with Nicos family. They have a second little house at the bottom of their garden which they sometimes rent out. I stayed there with Pinky and Juan they both worked in the park in El Colorado and came down to visit too. It was just like being up in El Colorado...All the same people. Loads of the bar staff and cafe people came from Pucon so there was a nice group of fri http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Pucon/blog-338091.html When the season ended up in El Colorado i went to stay at la laguna aculeowhere a friend pinky lives. Its about an hour south south of Santiago and is the first amazingly beautiful place i saw in Chile. The house and lake are surrounded by hills and in the distance you could see the andes with a bit of snow still at the top. We had really nice weather so i guess that made it even more stunning http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Neuquen/San-Martin-de-Los-Andes/blog-338064.html Hola mis chicosUmm...sorry its been such a long time i kinda forgot to write on the blog for the last 2 months But im now gonna update on all that in a few posts and try and keep it a bit more up to date.So...the rest of the season In August be had a lot of snowfall which meant lots of powder riding. It was snowing at least every week if not twice a week. And the great thing about El Color http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Valle-Nevado/blog-337512.html HowdyWent to Chillan last week...bit of a disappointment to be honest but purely down to the snow conditions not the actual resort which was muy bonita I left El Colorado on Saturday while it was heavily snowing here and stayed the night in Santiago. The guy that i got a lift with lives in the hills and the building had an outdoor hot tub So some friends came round and we chilled there loo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Valle-Nevado/blog-302422.html Well...Its kinda been an eventful few days. I hurt my ankle on Tuesday so didnt ride weds of thurs and just played a bit of guitar i can now play a whole song and watched films. Last night we went out...and i managed to give myself some sort of food poisoning I tried these mussels from a can...i thought they're probably gonna be rank as they are from a can and not freshbut gave them a whir http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Biobio/Chillan/blog-298547.html Hello teamI'm up in the mountains now in the resort about 40k from Santiago called El Colorado. I got up here Friday and got dropped off at the building im staying in called Monte Blanco. Im staying in an appartment with Karl who im renting off and at the moment a guy from actual 'Colorado' called Jake. There will be more people coming and going i think up to 8 during the season.So on Frida http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/blog-296576.html Hey everyoneThought id make my first entry into my blog on my first day Everything has been absolutely brilliant so far....Got to the airport with my bag 10kilos overweight... no problems. I was told i could only take one snowboard boots and bindings and nothing else in my snowboard bag naturally i put in 2 boards helmet several coats trousers and other random bits and bobs....absolutely f http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/blog-295092.html