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Hey all, So I don't have much time but I just wanted to write you all and say "Hi!" from the southern tip of South America. I'm in Puerto Natales right now in an amazing hostel. It's amazing here! I saw flamingos and swans swimming next to each other in the water along the coast. The horizon was covered by clouds this morning but by sunset (at about 5pm) there were some gorgeous mountain peaks that poked their summits out of the clouds. I'm here for a week teaching at an immersion camp. It starts tomorrow and goes through Saturday and [View Full Entry]

Zach Wegner - Zach "Federico" Wegner | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 20th 2009 | 109 Views | [diary=420175]

Punta Arenas
Puerto Natales bus terminal
First day of Winter Camp!!!

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Rancherita - Claudia Cavazos | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 22nd 2009 | 130 Views | [diary=392837]

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hola, So puerto natales is another not much to see town. The whole town is about the national park, and gear shops, guides, treks, tours, its all about the tourist dollar here. We decided on a 5 day trek called the W, which is the shape and direction of the path you walk in, the W is actually an upside down M,,,, haha, heard that in town. anyway its a 5 day trek, 4 nights of camping, leaving on the 5th day. so the first day in natales we went to this little talk a local guide gives, all the information [View Full Entry]

R and C - rob | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 5th 2009 | 54 Views | [diary=379173]

icebergs from the glacier
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EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE I know, I am almost four months behind on my blog. It has become ridiculous. All of this time, I have been writing in my notebook though, but oddly enough, internet access has been less easy, and slower than anywhere else (ok, bad excuse...). Anyways, I will slowly catch up on those four months, but starting with the latest and keep posting... I was supposed to spend 10 days in Chilean Patagonia. Why so much time? had asked some people. The answer was "why n [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 28th 2009 | 101 Views | [diary=385021]

Blue Ice
Grey Glacier
Cooking breakfast

Nach em ne relativ laenge Flug vo Quito ueber Lima, ueber Santiago, si mir nach oepe 15 Stund in Puerto Montt (Chile) ahcho. Das isch es chliises Hafestaedli, wo nid wahnsinnig spannend isch, aber der Usgangsort fuer uesi Fahrt mit der Faehre isch gsi. Woeu mir ei Tag Resaerve ihplanet hei gha, hei mir no ae chlini Tagestour buechet und si mit em ne chline Bus duer die sehr schoeni See und Vulkanlandschaft gfahre. Am Tag wo mir uf d'Faehre si, hei mir no der Fischmarkt in Puerto Montt ahglueget. Dert hets so vieu Muschle und Lachs gaeh, dass isch fasch [View Full Entry]

ceng - Caroline Engelmann | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 1st 2009 | 86 Views | [diary=376812]

Fischmarkt Puerto Montt
Kanalfahrt nach Puerto Natales
Gletscher unterwegs nach Puerto Natales

So after yet another bus, although this was only 5 hours including passport control I arrived in Puerto Natales where the Ferry sets sail through the islands of Chile to Puerto Montt. The weather was appalling for the entire trip, so wasnt quite the scenic views expected. It pretty much rained for the 3 days I was on board, and fairly misty as well so couldnt see very much. The captain allowed people onto the Bridge though which was good, and were able to ask any question you liked, look through there log books and gaze out of the front window [View Full Entry]

missmaggot - Margaret Pain | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 22nd 2009 | 65 Views | [diary=375903]

Peurto Eden
Puerto Eden
Glacier Brujo

Hi kids. Just a quick chapter about the boat trip thru the channels. Well, +/- 1500km in 4 nights and three days. If u look at the map of Chile u see on the left, along the lower third of the country, between the pacific ocean and the land, hundreds of islands. Thats where we sailed. The best moments were actually on the first day, when i woke up around 5;30 and during an hour and a half saw one of the most beautiful sunrises i ever saw. We were selling along many islands and the colours were really suffocating. The [View Full Entry]

ooshy - uri setty | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 10th 2009 | 70 Views | [diary=372019]

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Islands in the morning

We arrived in Puerto Natales with the intention of getting out bags in order and heading out the following morning to begin the 8 day circuit around the Torres del Paine. In getting my stuff in order I realized how much I underestimated this hike. I did not have the propper cold weather gear. Coming from Chalten and Calafate I also wanted to take a day to relax. I left my four Israeli friends the next day and walked around town looking to meet some people. I met four locals who I ended up going out with for the next two [View Full Entry]

NateTheGreat - Nathaniel Feder | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 3rd 2009 | 173 Views | [diary=369686]

Late Night Chilean Tunes
Uneversidad de Chile!!
Punta Arenas Center

22nd January We woke to the alarm 4am, it was chucking it down & the cloud was in the valley. There was no way it would be safe to go up to the lookout and unlikely that the rain would stop anyway so we went back to sleep. I woke at 7am and it was still raining. The sky was clearer but you still couldn't see the Torres from the valley. We needed to leave the camp by 9am to walk for the bus so it was now or never. I decided that I would go in the vein hope that [View Full Entry]

Col and Sam - colin clamp | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 26th 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=367210]

Flooded road

By sschmoekel
January 22nd 2009
Navimag South America » Chile » Magallanes » Puerto Natales
Navimag - Die Geschichte einer Ueberfahrt von Puerto Montt nach Puerto Natales Die Route - Heute ist Montag, der 19.01.2009. Es ist 14.30 Uhr und alle Vorbereitungen fuer das Boarding auf der Faehre Evangelistas abgeschlossen. Fuer die kommenden drei Naechte / vier Tage sollte dies mein zu Hause sein. Gegen 16 Uhr legt das Schiff ab und macht sich auf seinen langen Weg nach Sueden. Als Abschiedsgruss ertoent mehrfach das Signalhorn. Bevor wir am kommenden Morgen den Moraleda-Kanal erreichen geht es zunaechst durch den Ancud- und Corcovado-Golf. Von hier aus dann ueber die Kanaele Chac [View Full Entry]

sschmoekel - Stefan Schmoekel | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 22nd 2009 | 93 Views | [diary=366150]

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