Cochamo and Cochelo - A Horse Trek in the Andes

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March 14th 2009

Published: March 19th 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 pick... Read Full Entry

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Michelle and Travis

Tbone and Maam

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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Horse Trek - La Junta

Travis, Cochelo and Michelle

Horse Trek - Traidor

The horses at the end of a long day - free of their saddles they rolled in the grass to get a good scratch and stretch.

Horse Trek - Traidor

The view from our campsite!

Horse Trek - Traidor

Travis the Gaucho!

Horse Trek - Starting the Asado

Horse Trek - Asado

One of the most delicious meals of the trip!

Horse Trek - Traidor

The full moon was so bright

Horse Trek - Morning of Day 2

Horse Trek - Waterfall at La Junta

Horse Trek

We stopped for some lunch and Travis munched on some leftover meat from the Asado - Flintstone's style!

Horse Trek - Our Guides

Eva and Cochelo

Horse Trek

Cochamo

Another delicious meal at Cochelo's Mom's house - shellfish soup.

Drive to Puerto Montt

Mt. Osorno

20th March 2009

Adam
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Meat on a Stick
That looks like an amazing adventure. Well done Cochelo!!!

20th March 2009

Beth
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You two know how to travel!!!
Looks like a great trip! Can't believe you rode for so long. Michelle, you saw a glacier between Banff and Lake Louise on our trip in 1986 - you probably don't remember. Stay safe, Love Beth

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