the only road you'd ever find is the Carretera Austral, the Southern 'Highway', which actually is a narrow 1-1/2 lane gravel path that passes through regions so remote that it suddenly ends in a lake, only to be connected from the other side of the lake that's navigable only by military operated ferries that run just twice a day;
you pass through towns with no gas stations or hotels - people fill gas by sucking it out of tin barrels, and the only places you can sleep in are your own tent, or in someone's home;
you meet people ever smiling and ever so friendly that they'd get you out of mountain side ditches or quick sand for free (yes, we did land in a ditch full of quick sand and missed the valley side by a whisker), or would chop out a missing gas tank cap from fire wood, or spend an hour training you so they can give you a real 'jump start' by pulling your 'out of juice' car with a rope while it's in gear, or pile up with the whole family in a pickup truck just to show you to someone's place where you can sleep (hospedaje);
where the only way you can converse with locals is in 'sign and sound' language, or by borrowing broken espanol sounds from a spanish-english travel phrase book...
Please check out my blog at http://bostondancephotographer.blogspot.com/ for more photos..
Please check out my blog at http://bostondancephotographer.blogspot.com/ for more photos..
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SOmetimes its hard to believe that these pictures are real. The sky is so blue and beautiful. I found a new travel site, baraaza.com. You can upload pics about your trips to specific places. I think you might like it.
Melissa
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People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.
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Absolutely stunning! I remember going to Chile about five years ago and I am still in awe of the sites. I took one of the Patagonia cruises which allowed us to see some of the best sites and offered great tips and history lessons on the area. Do you by chance have a Pinterest account at all that has more of your pictures from Chile?
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