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Discovering South America
(Dec 24 '05)
I´m spending 5 months of my gap year in South America! I´m learning
the language, visiting new countries and cultures, out to have a good
time, see some new things, get to know myself, and meet ...
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Strawberries
(Mar 31 '07)
It had been a horrendous day. A long, grueling, migraine-inducing bus ride across the Central Andes on a bus whose abilities to comfort and relax could only be described (and generously, at that) as ...
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Andes Through the Beer Glass
(May 06 '02)
"We headed on into the city and to the summit of San Cristobal Mountain where there was, apparently, a virgin"
We arrived in Santiago very early in the morning. Deciding against staying at the Smiling ...
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Santiago (Chile)
(Oct 13 '06)
I spent a couple of days in the city of Santiago which is the capital of Chile. Santiago is noticeably richer than any of the other cities that I´ve visited in South America, and it had a very ...
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Horseback Riding In Chile
(Feb 18 '06)
I thought during the six hour ride, as I was riding continously on steep narrow ledges no wider than a foot and in some areas giving way, ...and I paid for this? I was certain after the ride I ...
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San Alfonso - into the Andes
(Sep 25 '07)
We caught the night bus from Pucon to Santiago, treated
ourselves a bit to the ‘Cama’ bus with basically arm chairs that recline back
to near horizontal! We arrived in Santiago
in the early morning ...
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Day of the Dead
(Apr 23 '02)
"No one was allowed onto the streets until the night time – essentially it was a curfew!"
Flying over the Andes was a sight to behold. The huge, snow capped peaks seemed an arms width away and many a ...
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First View of the Andes
(Oct 26 '06)
Our 15 hour flight from Portland to LA, then LA to Santiago went amazingly well on S.A. LAN Airlines. Bob and I had individual remotes for the video screens and we each watched 3 1/2 movies, from a ...
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Arrival in Santiago
(Aug 22 '06)
I have arrived to Santiago and have gotten used to things fairly well. I live on the 26th floor of an apartment building on the far east side of town. My room is small but I have a desk and a TV ...
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After a couple of hot days exploring Santiago and Valparaiso here we are on Easter Island.
Pelicans and sealions in the harbour at Valparaiso and quirky rickety funiculars that creaked their way ...
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