Our lovely hotel in San Pedro – a small town of a few streets in the middle of the desert: We took a morning trip to the ALMA base station – the antennae themselves are at 5000m altitude so they don’t take visitors there… By luck there was an antenna ‘in the workshop’ so…
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5th December – Antofagasta and the Very Large Telescope
After an overnight (reasonably comfortable) coach journey from La Serena, we had a driver collect us from the bus station to squire us around for the day. First stop: brunch with a view of the Antofagasta fishing port: Next stop ‘La Portada‘ – the natural ‘monument’ just outside Antofagasta – a sea-arch: Then it…
1st December – 4th December – La Serena
It’s a sea-side resort. We read books and drank wine on our balcony while looking at the pacific ocean. That’s about it. Oh yes, we occasionally made it out of our apartment to have a meal next to the beach. There is a town in La Serena as well as the beach resort, although we…
28th November – 1st December – Border Crossing / Santiago de Chile
The ‘Los Libertadores‘ road border crossing between Argentina and Chile is possibly one of the most spectacular journeys in the world: Out of Mendoza, we were still passing through vineyards for some time: Slowly the lush greenery started to become more barren and hilly: Throughout the journey a – non-functional – narrow gauge railway line…
31st October – 3rd November: Patagonia Camp, Torres del Paine, Chile
The 4 hour drive from Punta Arenas to the camp via Puerto Natales was rather ‘exciting’ because of the extreme high winds blowing across the plains, however our driver did a great job not only of preventing the minibus from rolling but also pointing out local fauna as we passed it. We saw the expected…
29th October – 31st October: The end of the world…almost.
After two days, five flights (including crossing the Andes) … …and seven airports we arrived in Punta Arenas in the far south of Chile, just on the Straits of Magellan. Our cosy Bed-and-Breakfast ‘El Chalet Chapital‘ in the centre of town: After a brief wander around town we found a little row of restaurants on…
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