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    • TravelerChili/Colombia
      2
      Day 10

      Weekendje weg deel 2

      July 6 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 3 °C

      Ik kon niet alle foto's in dezelfde post zetten dus hierbij deel 2. Ik heb gewoon wat leuke foto's om te delen. Aa ja en aangezien de familie waar ik blijf van Uruguay zijn, moesten we eten in DE BESTE parrilla uruguaya. Het was inderdaad heel goed. Wel raar dat je er enkel vlees kan bestellen en niets anders extra moet nemen dus dat hebben we ook gedaan. Ik heb geen foto genomen maar het is letterlijk zoals de foto die ik op het internet heb gevonden. Nadien hebben we voetbal gezien Uruguay tegen Brazilië en wat waren ze blij dat Uruguay door is. We blijven in een cabanya slapen. Dit is een soort van houten huisje met eigenlijk alles wat je nodig hebt. De laatste foto's zijn nog van de volgende post.Read more

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    • Schoolwide
      11
      Day 154

      Sternenhimmel im Elqui-Tal

      July 9 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

      Das grüne Elqui-Tal ist umgeben von atemberaubenden Bergen und im Tal wachsen die Reben für den bekannten Pisco. Die Luft ist so sauber und die Lichtverschmutzung so gering, dass man einen besonders übersättigten Sternenhimmel bewundern kann. Deshalb gibt es hier viele Observatorien. Wir hatten das Glück eine private Führung nur für uns erleben zu dürfen. Der Himmel auf der Südhalbkugel ist natürlich ein Anderer. Spektakulär! In einer Unterkunft konnten wir auch vom Bett aus den Sternenhimmel bewundern. Wahnsinn! Fußball konnte Herr Kunert, dank des chilenischen Fernsehens, auch schauen 😀Read more

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    • Schoolwide
      Day 165

      Die blühende Atacamawüste

      July 20 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Dank Kristin, die uns den Tipp aus Deutschland gab, dass doch die Atacamawüste gerade blühen soll, haben wir uns auf den Weg gemacht, um die Stelle zu finden. Das war nicht so einfach, wir haben uns durchgefragt und sind lange einsam durch die Wüste gefahren. Die Freude war groß als wir die Stelle tatsächlich fanden! Die Atacamawüste ist die trockenste Wüste und nur alle paar Jahre gibt es durch ein bestimmtes Wetterphänomen Regen. Dann kommt der blühende Teppich zum Vorschein. Beeindruckend sind auch die Weite, die Einsamkeit und die Stille in der Wüste. Das bringen die Fotos nicht rüber. War ein unvergessliches Erlebnis!
      Danke Kristin ❤️      Read more

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    • TravelerHalf around the world and back
      241
      Day 4

      Walking on the moon

      November 10, 2019 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Being three indecisive people we spend most of the day trying to decide how we wanted to spend our days in this place. While a few things might be reachable by bike, a tour or a rental vehicle would be necessary to reach the most interesting things. Also we were not sure how doable cycling in the desert is when you are still adjusting to the altitude and dry hot climate. So we were sure we wanted to book some tours.

      But... which tours? How many tours? How much money and time did we want to spend on them? And how to decide on one out of more than 100 tour agencies?
      They all offer about the same tours for slightly different prices and with slightly different details. Looking up some reviews online it seems that with the cheaper ones the chance that vehicles break down during the tour is a bit higher.

      Finally we decided to go for a package of one tour a day (5) for about 170 € per person including park entry fees and applicable meals. Of course we only decided one hour before our first tour would start 😉 Grabbing water, sunscreen and a hat, we went to visit the valley of the moon. After a short bus ride, we arrived surrounded by rocks and dunes often covered in a layer of salt. This salt, the dust and sand we will probably still find in our clothes at the end of this year...      Read more

    • TravelerHalf around the world and back
      Day 7

      Lagunes and mountains without Machiel

      November 13, 2019 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C

      After a quite bad night with lots of mosquitos in which Machiel did not feel well, we had to start our only full day tour with only two of us. Pickup time was at 7am and in the coming 10 hours we saw 5 lagunas and some local animals.

      On the way to our first stop we passed some still smoking remains of a road blockage from the protests yesterday. Luckily that did not stop us to reach the chaxa lagune where we could see our first flamingos of this trip. It was nice to see how peacefully they were sticking their heads in the water to find food. It was also nice and a bit surprising to see once more how nature seems to be respected here. Paths were marked well and tour guides make sure everyone stays within them.

      After a very nice breakfast with fresh and not stone-dry (finally!) bread, we continued to rise in altitude. At around 4200m it was noticeably colder and we visited laguna Miscanti and Laguna Miniques. The first one was partially covered by ice (and not salt like we are used to by now) which reminded us a bit of Norway.

      Further up the road we visited Laguna Salar de Talar. We were only allowed to see it from two viewpoints since some idiot tried kyte surfing there in January. Surprisingly this was not appreciated by the flamingos and locals and direct access to the water has since been closed. Nonetheless the view was stunning in such a colorful landscape and was together with the flamingos the highlight of this tour.

      After seeing one more lagune close to the Argentinian border, it was time to turn around to get lunch in a small restaurant in Socaire. On the way we saw some wild vicunas, the non-domesticated ancestor of the lama. And in the town of Toconao we saw some young lamas on a farm.

      Back in town we went out for dinner with Machiel who had been in bed most of the day.      Read more

    • TravelerHalf around the world and back
      Day 8

      About freezing toes and hot geysers

      November 14, 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C

      Again without Machiel we had to leave as early as 4:30am with our tour to see the highest and third largest geothermal area of the world - Géisers del Tatio. Already in San Pedro we noticed that it was quite cold this early.

      After a 90 minute bus ride through the moonlit desert, we arrived once more at an altitude of 4200m and it was freezingly cold with -10 degrees. The contrast between all the steam and boiling water on one side and the frozen water on the marked paths, was quite a thing. And while walking with our tour guide through the area, I was happy to wear 2 pants and 4 upper layers. Nonetheless our toes and fingers started freezing pretty quickly and the sunrise was not only nice for the light effect but also appreciated for the warmth it brought. Overall a nice experience but after having been to Iceland also not that special. I was a bit disappointed by the lack of high water splashes.

      After breakfast in the first sunlight of the day, we had the chance to bath in some lukewarm springs to try to warm up our frozen body parts.

      Our next stop was a wetland with birds and on the way we were lucky to see again some cool local animals: rheas or ñandús (South American ostriches), viscachas (something looking like long-tailed bunnys which camouflage so well they are hard to spot in the rocky landscape), again vicuñas, more lamas and again flamingos 😊

      The last stop before returning to San Pedro was a small town with - according to our tour guide - 10 inhabitants but 20 houses and they were still busy building more... we did not really understand this but the local goat cheese was appreciated by Daniel 😉      Read more

    • TravelerHalf around the world and back
      Day 13

      Patagonia!

      November 19, 2019 in Chile ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

      We have arrived in a very cold and rainy Coyhaique. Quite the contrast with the Atacama desert! The flights thankfully went ok.

      Now we're finding out what we want to do here and how we want to reach Argentina by the end of next week to meet Franzi in El Chaltén.Read more

    • TravelerHalf around the world and back
      Day 15

      Hitting the road - Carretera Austral

      November 21, 2019 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

      The style of Coyhaique is a mixture of Chilean and Scandinavian which made it very interesting to walk through. We found a nice place for lunch while discussing how we wanted to travel along the Carretera Austral. Renting a car has its advantages, but ultimately we decided for the bus. Knowing that busses might just go twice a week in some areas, our aim was to find out more about bus schedules to see how we can get to O'Higgins on time while seeing some nice stuff on the way. The Internet didn't help us a lot with it, but it turns out the tourist information does not really know much for sure either, so we had to call bus companies directly.

      But we managed to book something and Wednesday morning we took the bus to Villa Cerro Castillo. Several blogs said that fresh vegetables and fruits are scarse along the Carretera Austral, so we bought as much of those as we could fit. Arriving in the small town we set up camp for the first time on this trip. Without sun it got quite cold in the evening and we were excited to try out our new sleeping mats and bags.

      After 8 hours of good sleep we woke up warm to a wonderful blue sky and started our first real hike of the trip 😊 A bit of a lengthy discussion, joined by what felt like all the personnel of the national park, on if or if not it was a smart idea to try to reach the Mirador Cerro Castillo about 1100m higher up while walking through knee-high snow, made us decide to go for a lower viewpoint of Cerro Peñón. Almost 14 km return brought us to this nice spot with a view of the valley and the surrounding mountains covered in snow. Along the way we also saw a pretty nice waterfall.      Read more

    • TravelerHalf around the world and back
      11
      Day 16

      Marble caves in Río Tranquilo

      November 22, 2019 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      We actually really liked our campsite. The grass field was really big, we shared it first with some horses and later with some chickens 😊 and the views were pretty amazing.

      Nonetheless, it was time for us to move further. So we had to pack our tents again to take the bus to Río Tranquilo. The bus ride took around 3 hours and went mostly over gravel road. That made it very dusty (yes, even in the bus) , but at the same time the landscape around us became really rough and it felt a bit as if we were on the way to the end of the world.

      The town of Río Tranquilo seems more touristic than Cerro Castillo (probably because of its main attraction - the marble caves) but the general setup seems very similar. Lots of tiny (sometimes improvised) houses, often combined with offering a home stay, camping or small minimarket. Different than what we read previously, those minimarkets actually have decent quality vegetables and fruits. While the choice is very limited the quality was surprisingly better than what we found in a supermarket in Coyhaique. After searching for a camping that was already open this early in the season, we arrived at a relatively busy (compared to the last one) but nice place.

      The sun was really strong and we were actually sweating without hiking for the first time since leaving the desert. Luckily this meant we had a really nice experience on our boat trip to the marble caves. The water was very turquoise, absolutely still and especially when reflecting the sunlight to the marble, it looked very cool.      Read more

    • South America Backpacking Trip
      Day 22

      Puerto Natales.. Before the big one!

      November 23, 2019 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      So we made it to the starting point before the big 5 day trek in Torres del Paine national Park.... Puerto Natales!! We had some time to kill and chill before starting our trek on Monday (tomorrow eeks!!) . So we rented some bikes and toured the small town. We literally rode for the mountains, turns out everything appears closer than it is, but we did a fair ride, before heading back to relax at our best hostel stay yet!! We love it here, Diago who runs the place (his home with his family next door!) is really friendly, he knows so much about the sites and is a super cool guy to hangout with... Positive vibes 👌😁 We have also met some great people in our hostel, over a bottle of wine and beers.... Netflix hell yes! 😂 oh and not to mention all the pets they have ( x3 dogs and a cat 🙀😻🐶😊❤️) love it 😍Read more

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