Horse Trek

Cochelo the Gaucho

Cochamo and Cochelo - A Horse Trek in the Andes

March 14th 2009
A family friend with Chilean contacts arranged for us to meet his friend in the small village of Cochamo. His instructions were: "go to centre of town near church and ask for Cochelo. Everybody know him". We realized we were heading into a pretty rural area so we thought it would be funny to see if it all worked out as the directions said they would! Arriving in Petrohue we had a taxi driver pi ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more

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Michelle and Travis

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June, 2007 We got married in June of 2007 and figured our backpack through Asia trip had to happen now or never, so we quit our jobs, sold our cars, rented our condo, and booked our plane tickets. Now it's time to teach in Japan and then travel through Southeast Asia! May, 2008 We arrived safely back in Toronto, and we have to get back to real life! We're trying to get the last few entries of our travels posted so please bear with us! March, 2009 We have continued our travels with a short visit to South America: Chile and Argentina!... full info

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