Reading and Roaming
PUNTA ARENAS This morning we flew south from Puerto Varas to Punta Arenas. This city is located on a peninsula just north of the Straits of Magellan and is part of Chilean Patagonia. This puts us at one of the southern most points in Chile as the Straits separate Chile from Tierra del Fuego. Going …
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A DAY ON CHILOE It was a brilliantly sunny day with cool crisp air and an occasional band of puffy clouds. We left the hotel just before 8:30 with our good guide Jaime from the day before and a new driver, Javier. After about 45 minutes, we arrived at the coast and the pier …
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ARRIVING IN PUERTO VARAS Yesterday we left Santiago, endured the agony of lines in that airport, and flew to Puerto Montt. Puerto Montt is south of Santiago and is the capital of this state in the Lake District. We were met and driven a short distance to the neighboring town of Puerto Varas (population 44,000) …
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EASTER ISLAND PART 2 On our second day we began with the local museum, MAPSE, which is funded at least in part by the Easter island Foundation. This small museum has an excellent exhibit on the history of the island and the arrival of the Rapa Nui along with a number of artifacts including one …
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