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By Travels with Tom and Alice
October 9th 2008

Patagonia, Chile

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Oct 7, 8, 2008 Patagonia, Chile Today was a 6 hour bus ride through the pampas, into the mountains and ending in Puerto Natales, Chile. This is another small city on the other side of the Andes that is a small port on a long fjord off the Pacific Ocean. Not much to do here except some spectacular sea kayaking and trekking for those that are that energetic. This was a very interesting ( albeit too long ) a drive through a lot of nothing ( and more nothing ) with a few Nandu’s ( Rheas - like a small ostrich [View Full Entry]

By Dirk en Silvia around the world
September 11th 2008

Dag 25: Puerto Natales

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Laatste stukje van de cruise

Vanochtend eerst uitslapen (in ieder geval Silvia: na zo’n rum-domino avond…) en rond 10 uur meren we af in Puerto Natales, het eindpunt van onze ‘cruise’ met Navimag. We hebben weer vaste grond onder onze voeten! Na het inchecken in ons hotel Australis (met uitzicht op de boot) verkennen we een beetje het stadje Puerto Natales. En omdat iedereen van de boot hier ook blijft overnachten (verspreidt over diverse hostals) komen we in het stadje bijna iedereen tegen. Omdat het toch wel een late avond was geworden gaan we naar het hotel terug en doen het even rustig aan v [View Full Entry]

By 7lucky7
September 1st 2008

Punta Arenas/ Puerto Natales

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After a long bus ride to Rio Gallegos from Puerto Madryn, then after a quick trip to the town, another bus to Punta Arenas. We split from ben so we could do some penguin spotting before seeing some glaciers, and he had plenty of time because he´s taking a boat back up to Puerto Montt. After finding a great hostel (hostel independencia) we headed to the Zona Franca, which is like a massive duty free mall, this port being one of the southernmost in the world so a stopping point for boats not taking the panama canal. Found a great flask [View Full Entry]

By Indiana Jones 5
August 24th 2008

Mit dem Schiff nach Patagonien

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Indi5 auf grosser Fahrt

Nach zwei Tagen auf der Isla Chiloe kehren wir nach Puerto Montt aufs Festland zurueck - doch nur fuer kurze Zeit, denn bereits einige Stunden spaeter geht es los auf grosse Fahrt: Mit dem Schiff quer durch Patagonien!!! Da sich die Abfahrt um einige Stunden verzoegert, statten wir dem kleinen Staedtchen - insbeondere dem Fischmarkt - einen kurzen Besuch ab, sonnen uns am Nachmittag auf dem Deck des Schiffes und geniessen die Aussicht auf die Bucht von Puerto Montt. Am Abend legen wir dann endlich ab...und los geht die Fahrt durch die chilenischen Fjorde!!! Waehrend wir im Dunkeln durch di [View Full Entry]

Unsere Route durch die chilenischen Fjorde

By zuidamerika
May 8th 2008

Patagonia

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Guanaco's

Welkom terug bij de wonderlijke avonturen van Remco en Sander, we zullen het voor de verandering eens kort proberen te houden. Foto´s ontbreken nog, als we binnenkort ergens echt fatsoenlijk internet hebben zullen we ze met terugwerkende kracht toevoegen. Vanuit Cordoba ging onze weg verder naar Puerto Madryn, bij het schiereiland Peninsula Valdez: beroemd om zijn wildleven. Omdat we buiten het seizoen van zo´n beetje elk beest kwamen (een kwaaltje dat ons al langer achtervolgd), was onze kans om orka´s, pinguïns en walvissen te zien miniem. Lang verhaal kort: de orka´s die zeehonden van h [View Full Entry]

By Thomas and Michelle
April 8th 2008

National Park, Torres del Paine from Puerto Natales

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Day 1 - View of what lies ahead

Puerto Natales Day 5 we boarded the bus from El Calafate to Puerto Natales, a rather pleasant 4 hour drive on a comfy bus with reclining seats. Apart from the fast steady climb to a great height through the Andes that set my ears wildly popping the landscape was fascinating. Barron plains of Connemara style scenary teaming with birdlife to the more chilly flatlands of snow....each landscape changing as we twisted and turned around the mountain roads. And, we saw..... the famous ´roadrunner' only of course this was a real bird of the Osterich family called a Nandu that the cartoon [View Full Entry]

Day 2 - Torres del Paine from the viewing point.. at 7.15 A.M.

Having a break, enjoying the view and checking we´re on the right path... we were

By stevekatrijn
April 7th 2008

Torres y Fuego (torens en vuur)...

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ochtendstond heeft roze wolkjes in de mond...
alpenglow op de Cuernos in Torres Del Paine National Park

Hola chicas y chicos, Na de ijskapexpeditie trokken we zuidwaarts naar Tierra Del Fuego ("Vuurland", naar de talrijke vuurhaarden die de oorspronkelijke indianen stookten). Deze eilandengroep scheidt zich van het Zuidamerikaanse vasteland via de Straat van Magellanes en vormt het meest mysterieuze deel van heel Patagonia. Hier duikt de Andes de zee in en komen de Atlantische en Pacifische Oceaan samen in de stormachtige Drake Passage, een kleine 1000 km verwijderd van Antartica. Vuurland is gevormd door ruige, ondergedompelde bergketens en wilde fjorden in het westen en droge, gele steppe i [View Full Entry]

By Ralphy and Reenie
March 17th 2008

Torres Del Paine - Chile

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Torres del Paine

Puerto Natales is a strange place, as you venture further south in South America you literally feel like your at the end of the world. Its like time has forgotton this place, with lots of corrugated iron houses and shops selling strange stuff.Its like some old Russian outpost in the middle of nowhere.We stayed in what was basically someones house that had some rooms convereted into guestrooms.Our host was friendly but also a little spooky with an unhealthy interest in guns, weird. The big pull to this area is the Torres Del Paine National Park,recognisesd as a UNESCO world biosphere reserve [View Full Entry]

By NickiG
March 13th 2008

Torres del Paine National Park

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We arrived in Puerto Natales on Thursday afternoon a couple of hours late and had a couple of hours to get everything sorted for the trek - tent, food for 4 days, fuel, clothes, headtorches etc etc. We checked into a friendly family-run hostel who provided us with everything we needed and helped me to organise my travels on from Puerto Natales next week. We prepared for the times ahead by going out for a big asador - basically a BBQ meal with huge chunks of meat and steak. Yum yum yum. Although after 4 days sitting on a ferry and [View Full Entry]

By Andrzej
March 8th 2008

Puerto Natales - Puerto Montt

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