On the road with Maximum Velocidad

South America » Chile
December 14th 2005

Published: January 31st 2006

A visit from the sponsors is always a tricky affair. Do you shower them with Champagne or impress them with your cunning frugality in the spending of their money ? Ideally both, which with good wine in Chile available cheaply seemed to be entirely possible. For this section of our trip we have been joined by Kim´s Dad Steve and his newly betrothed Margaret. Both have just retired this summer and ... Read Full Entry

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At last, a fairly nice sunset.

From the ferry.

Lago Verde

Reserva Forestal Coyhaique

Coyhaique

The pleasant and well-ordered, but often frustrating, administrative capital of the Carretera Austral.

Organ Pipes above Coyhaique

There seems to be a lot of basalt around here.

Cerro Castillo (2313m)

An attempt at a decent composition, but it was already 9.00pm and the sun still wasn´t going down, so I went for my tea instead.

Cerro Castillo (2313m)

"Sandy" ...

... expressing disatisfaction at the lengthy process of taking a picture.

Cerro Castillo ridge-line

On the way to Puerto Tranquillo

This lake/river system was flooded with ash after a major volcanic eruption in 1991 (I think). Further down is a huge forest of dead trees.

Lago General Carrera

Second biggest in South America after Lake Titicaca, a.k.a. Lago Buenos Aries across the border in Argentina.

Lago General Carrera

Graveyard, Puerto Tranquillo

Sunset, Lago General Carrera

Just outside our cabin.

Lago General Carrera

Glacier spotting, the middle of nowhere

Look, there goes a GNER type 53B.

24th December 2005

Martine
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Incredible sights
Just have to say - your photos are astounding. what amazing acuity and colours. Glad I stumbled acrossed your blog.

27th December 2005

MVP 2005 2006
Marist Volunteer Program

Your pictures here are absolutely gorgeous - and I'm particularly fond of all the Stiltword photos. Your mentioning of the two types of ignorance - honesty and dishonesty - resonates in virtually every country, to some degree. If it's any consolation, Jamaicans take their ability to fudge the truth to a whole new level...it would almost be admirable if it wasn't so annoying.

29th December 2005

beniblanco
Ben

Photography
Hey mate, just like to tell you that you seem to have a nice talent for photography! Good luck rest of your travels!

29th December 2005

George
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Photos
Didn't have time to read the whole post - but your photos are excellent! I aspire to capture the world so artisticly. Well done.

30th December 2005

Deep
Joydeep Mutsuddi

Numbing
My Jaw dropped to my knees .......this is totally out of the world. The pics are breathtakingly fresh...keep getting them in and enjoy your travel.

10th May 2006

Stephen Paul
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

please, thank you
Your pictures make me sick! they are so good, they make me feel foolish for even attempting to capture the things I see. Every post is stunning, you must sxpend a lot of time on a laptop organizing and choosing the pics to post. Whatever method to your madness, nice work. One more thing- Dont ever go back to Chile. That way when I move there my pictures wont look so amateur-ish!! :) KEEP TRAVELLING AND KEEP POSTING!!!

29th September 2006

Rodrigo
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Bellas fotos y bello viaje
Chileno viviendo en Madrid y que ha disfrutado mucho de ver los bellos paisajes que mi país tiene. Espero que lo hayan disfrutado mucho.

18th February 2007

Corax
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Queer Bird?
Your "Queer bird" is called a Caracara - probably a Crested Caracara. It's a bird of prey, similar to a hawk or eagle, that prefers to stick close to the ground. Also a very pretty bird, and a good picture too!

8th February 2011

Chris and Nikki
Chris

Wow, this picture is amazing!

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