Chile

Country N°29 - July 2014

Day 2 – Flight to Mendoza

We woke up on our flight just as breakfast was being served—a ham and cheese sandwich, which was a definite improvement over the last one we’d been served on a previous flight. As we approached our destination, we had the privilege of flying alongside Aconcagua, offering us a breathtaking view of the mountains under our […]

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Day 1 – flight to Santiago

Today started early at 7 a.m. We rushed to get everything ready, including dealing with the inconvenience of fixing a bathroom leak from the day before. Despite the chaos, we managed to leave by 8 a.m., carrying large, heavy bags toward the airport. We hauled our huge adventure packs, backpacks, and carry-ons through the Bakerloo […]

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Day 10 – Punta Arenas

 Today we took a  6 hour Bus to the city of punta Arenas , where we were suposed to see penguins, but since they hadent migrated yet, we went on a city tour, and got a little talk by our ceo about the history of the region, and how to drink mate the national drink […]

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Day 9 – Torres Del Paine

 Today i was woken up by the wind in my tent, that was super strong , you almost felt as if the tent would fly away! after a quick breakfast we headed out to the French Valey, but unfortunately it was cloudy so we didnt see a lot of the landscape when we were at […]

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Day 8 – Torres Del Paine

Today we woke up from our very confy tents and grabbed breakfast, we then got to make our own sandwiches and made our way to the ferry for today’s hike, we hiked 4 hours to the Grey glacier ( which wasnt grey ) but the lake was, because of the sediments. after the hike, we […]

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Day 7 – Torres Del Paine

Today we left our hotel early and took a bus to the torres del paine national park, where we started our hike, to see the torres , a 8 hour hike, when we got to the top it started snowing, so we didnt see a lot , but it was still pretty cool ! after […]

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Day 6 – Puerto Natales

Today we took a 6 bus from Argentina to chile, and to our next stop Puerto Natales,. in puerto Natales, we took a quick city tour before going to an amazing pizza place, and then for the briefing of the next 3 days, in torres del paine .

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Day 5 – Perito Moreno Glacier

Today we visited the Perito Moreno glacier, near El Calafate, and got to witness it caving and pieces falling off the size of apartement buildings, making a really loud noise , we also got to get up close to the glacier by going on a little boat ! At night we went to a restaurant […]

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Day 46 – San Pedro de Atacama

Today we got up and improvised a breakfast which we had to cook ourselves and then went on to our morning expedition , Biking to a laggon so salty its almost the dead sea , on the 20 km way to the lake , we were followed by 3 dogs which just ran along with […]

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Day 45 – San Pedro de Atacama

Today was the last day of the salt flats expedition and we stopped in many lakes which are supoosed to be different colors ( red and green ) but were so iced up , or hidden by the effects of the wind that we didnt see anything ( all this because we are in winter […]

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