Blogs from Chile, South America - page 667

As part of our consulting work with FOSIS in Chile, we did a 2 day trek in the Cerro Castillo Reserve with 2 local guides. After the trip, our consulting team wrote an assessment and tourism opportunity report. The consulting team was Billy, Kelsey, Vivianne and Me. ... read more

Hello all, We left Ushaia on the 20th. Travelled north to Rio Gallegos. On the way there, we crossed into and out of Chile. This meant four border crossing stations (out of Argentina, into Chile, out of Chile, and back into Argentina) and four passport stamps in one day! Rio Gallegos is not a real touristy town. We wanted to keep moving, so we only stayed the night and moved on to El Calafate. We stayed in El Calafate a couple nights. The second day, we visited the Perito Moreno Glacier in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. Until recently (approximately fifteen to twenty years) it was one of the only advancing glaciers in the world. It is massive! The face is 5km wide and it flows onto a lake were it calves off into icebergs. We got ... read more

...still in Santiago and having a good time. Met up with some friends of friends and discovered a little bit of the night life and learned more about their culture. Apparently the one Irish pub in town has a 3 day St. Patty´s day celebration, so we caught the last day of it. Still trying to get used to the change in times people go out. I was invited to dinner at 10pm and then we didn´t go out until midnight...my kind of hours, but still have to adjust. I met up with another friend of a friend and she´s been so nice showing me around. Her boyfriend works for the Airlines here so I´m tyring to work a free ticket to the south of Chile instead of taking the 11 hour bus ride this weekend. ... read more

If you could see this place through the photographs my eyes have taken today you would appreciate its beauty in its fullest. I have added this place to my list of sights as one of the absolute most beautiful places my eyes have ever seen. The sad part is that I only had the privilege to see this beach only once just before it got too cold for the beach setting. However, one time is better than none and I am glad my eyes had the chance to see something so utterly amazing. Getting there was definitely a little on the tricky side. We all gathered at the house here because it is located closer to where all the buses run. All we knew about how to get there was from advice and word of mouth. ... read more

I´ve been in Chile for a few days now and it´s such a clean, safe, nice city. Similar to a new US city in some ways, but has a great South American feel to it with lots of color and history. The people have been very helpful and welcoming. Seems like a simple culture and very business oriented at the same time. Looking into apartments and jobs at the moment. The prices here are a bit more than I expected, almost similar to US prices. Argentina was by far much cheaper, but not nearly as safe and clean, so I guess you get what you pay for. More to follow...and pictures ... read more