Blogs from Viña del Mar, Valparaíso Region, Chile, South America - page 7

Hey ya´ll! I am officially living in Viña. Unfortunately I don´t think pictures are going to be possible after all, because the computers here are painfully slow and old, but I´ll try and get at least a couple up at some point. San Pedro was incredible. The people were awesome, and every tour we did was awesome. We went to the salt flats which were very cool, though apparently the 3rd biggest of the world, the 2nd biggest being in the states. They were multicolored however which was pretty amazing. It was freaking cold though. We went up to 4800 meters and arrived around 7am. We spent the entire day driving and walking around the flats and mountains. I think my favorite part of that one though was actually the froze lake. It freezes in a ... read more

Reñaca is the town to the north of Valparaiso about 5 miles. There are sand dunes that rise over a thousand feet out of the sea. As we can see them in the distance from our apartment window, we decided it was time to check them out. So we took a short bus ride up the coast and set out onto the sand. It was so windy that the sand was flying everywhere. This made it hard to see the amazing view of the ocean from atop the massive dune. This weekend there was also an international sailing Regatta of old fashioned galleons passing through town. The ships were from all over the world and hung massive flags trailing in the wind behind them. The coastline was absolutely packed with spectators. When the Chilean ship passed ... read more

The last Chapter. After a couple of days in La Rioja, checking out the restaurants and the pretty girls, we saddled up and headed south to the Valle Fertil, checking out the Parque Ishigualasto (Valley de La Luna) on the way. The run down to Uspallata, via Termas de Villavicencio, was as spectacular as ever, with stunning views as we climbed up the mountain, but we had to fight with Patagonia type winds most of the way to Las Heras. Leaving Uspillata at 8.30am, we made for our last border crossing, back into Chile, via the Paso Cristo Redentor, with stunning views of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Andes. This was the coldest ride of the adventure, dropping to - 1 deg. Team Kawasaki and one Kit, on his BMW, took the old high way ... read more

We arrived at Santiago Airport, 45 minutes early, after leaving Auckland half an hour late, but we now had to sit in the plane, while the ground staff unloaded all our luggage and spread it on the tarmac, where we were able to wander around and pick up our luggage, some lucky sods even got themselves a trolley. We the proceeded to a couple of huge marquees, where we were able to process immigration, which was done very efficiently, under the circumstances. It was great to meet up with Gerardo and his son Kevin, they had just picked up our brand NEW ford pickup truck, I love it when a plan comes together. Vince and Jane had flown on our same flight, but at this stage we wished them well with their couple of days in ... read more

Carlos cumplio 37 anos en EEUU. Hicimos una fiesta chica con mi familia y algunos amigos que el habia conocido el julio pasado. Lo pasemos super bien y creo que Carlos sintiera contento y amado. Fue genial porque pudimos conectar a Skype y llamar su familia durante la fiesta y Carlos la vio por camara. Ellos cantaron en espanol y despues los gringos en ingles. Llego una paqueta de Chile y lo abrio con ellos viendo de skype. Me entanta technologia. ... read more