Blogs from Antofagasta Region, Chile, South America - page 51

Pour reprendre la journee d hier : l avion c etait rigolo, on s est retrouves en fin d apres midi au tout petit aeroport de Calama, perdu au milieu du desert, de la on prend un taxi pour le centre ville, pour attraper un bus pour San Pedro. En chemin (en taxi), on croise le bus qui vient de partir... et notre chauffeur ne se laisse pas demonter, puisqu il fait demi tour et commence une poursuite infernale pour rattraper le bus. Ca dure un bon moment, et il arrive a le faire s arreter en pleine route. La classe. Le bus pour San Pedro traverse de belles etendues de desert, entourees de montagne, et un beau coucher de soleil par dessus tout ca laisse une premiere impression plutot pas mal du nord du ... read more

Hello peoples! After Valparaíso, we headed to Pisqo Elqui, a town in the Elqui Valley about 7 hours north of Valparaíso. It rained for our entire drive there and that night, too. This meant snow on the mountains around Pisquo Elqui and cold, cold temperatures that first night. Luckily, the guy at the hotel leant us an "estufita" (heater). The town of Pisquo Elqui is probably the smallest town we´ve stayed in thus far. It was very relaxing. We were the only people staying at our hotel the first night (23rd). The next day was gorgeous and sunny. We walked around town, enjoying the views of the vineyards and the newly snow-covered mountains. All of the restaurants around town are at least partially outdoors because it is usually quite hot around here. The dining areas of ... read more

So I met some nice people in Santiago and we planned to meet up in Puerto Montt. I originally never planned to go there so all the sudden I just went into the absolutely wrong direction. After a long ride on the Bus I finally got there, just realized that I totally overpaid for my busticket. They sold me a full cama ticket for about 40 Dollars which is way too much much but how can I know. I never went travelling before and nobody ever told me. Experience makes things much easier but I defenately want to find things out on my own, even if I step into the wrong direction every once in a while. Anyways, when I finally got to Puerto Montt in the morning, it was pretty cold and I was wandering ... read more

Greetings from La Paz, Bolivia. The internet here is sooo slow that it has just taken me the best part of 40 minutes to read 3 messages. So, thanks to all of you who have written, and I will try to reply when I next get to a computer with a decent connection! The last few weeks have been mad since leaving Pucon (the volcano place) where I last e-mailed. We went straight up to Santiago, the capital of Chile, and met up with a Chilean friend who took us to his house and made us a home cooked meal (not had one of those in a while) and then drove us into the mountains to see Santiago by night. We could spot our hotel, the Sheraton, shining brightly...!?? When you think of Chile, what do ... read more