Blogs from South America - page 5472

well this pic, in santiago of chile, teh capital.. im not visit always the center of the capital.. but when im go to that ..so i taken pic slol, really moderm,.every day my city more beauty.. so luck and hugs.. and visit welcome to chile dc ... read more

It rained all morning. We slept, ate breakfast, slept some more, ate lunch ... you get the picture. I discovered that blogs with photos take a bloody long time to put together (spent 6 hours in total most of which is sitting around waiting for photos to upload). The end. Forward Planning We did some rough forward planning this morning. Rough plan from here is to take a week to get to Bariloche and Puerto Montt. Another week or so from there through Chiloé to Chaiten. Two weeks to cycle the Carretera Austral to Chile Chico. Three or four weeks to bus to El Chalten then cycle to Calafate and Torres Del Paine (Christmas and new year should fall in there somewhere). Then a week or two to get down to Ushaia and back to Puerto ... read more

What a glorious mornings ride. We set off on our bikes before 9am and then enjoyed 3 or 4 hours of demanding but wonderful cycling. There were several significant climbs uphill over the first 22kms, usually followed by a fast downhill straight back down to the lake shore giving up all the hard work we´d done, but as I´ve found in the past if you hate the downhills because of the uphills to come well you just shouldn't be cycling. Christie´s achilles and knee were really hurting her by the time we stopped for a bit of a break and we were both looking forward to a rest in San Martin. We finally made it to the plateau above the lake, and got to enjoy 10km of fast riding down a long valley, a short climb ... read more

we have explored peru for the 1st 3 weeks of the trip. Starting off in lima, we travelled down the coast to see the Nasca lines. Next stop, Arequipa and Colca canyon at 4000m up. the dry run for the atitude of the inca trail.... read more

Mon 7th Nov. Can´t begin to describe the sights from the bus on the way to Cusco, just so very different from anywhere else. Wide dirt tracks for side roads and tons of people, tck tcks, etc. A bit of a panic when Jim and others got off the bus to buy some water and it took off without them, but it did turn round eventually. No surprise when the bus broke down (Ormeño Company NOT recommended) and we arrived at Cusco at midnight. Everywhere was closed, hotel not very good so first impressions were guarded. Tues. Found a lovely hotel with 2 balconies overlooking guess whet, so we´re back on track again. Beautiful city, narrow cobbled streets, surrounded by mountains, good cheap meals and good wine at 2.50 a bottle. Recommended restaurant - Inkaria, at ... read more