December 26, 2009

Moai Christmas from Easter Island!

(photos, moto video)

You probably heard about Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) before. Especially about its people, who, completely devoted to sculpturing, almost led to the extinction of their own civilization (with some “help” from outside).

What you might not know, is that Read the rest of this entry »

December 20, 2009

DJ-ing in Santiago

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Between Patagonia and Easter Island, we had a 3 days long stopover in Santiago, Chile. This vast city looks best from the peaks of the neighboring hills.

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December 15, 2009

Torres del Paine – the W trekking

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The hike we did is in the shape of a letter “W”, and is called so. We started with an “I” hike. Next, we continued to “L”. On day three, we already drew “U”, and one day later the entire “W” was done. Read the rest of this entry »

December 7, 2009

Perito Moreno Glacier

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Forget Swiss Aletsch or French Merde Glace (I meant Mer de Glace) on the slopes of Mont Blanc! The glacier Perito Moreno knocked our socks off! It is a 5km wide, 30km long, river of ice. More importantly, it ends directly in a lake, in a form of a 60m tall wall of ice. Read the rest of this entry »

December 5, 2009

Mighty Fitz Roy and jaw-dropping Cerro Torre

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We were afraid that, spoiled in Switzerland, we are not able to admire other mountains. We were wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

December 2, 2009

PS. Routa 40, still on the bus

It is almost 10 pm now and it is still quite a bright day. We’ve been driving the whole day. Just a small add to the Patagonia part.

At the moment we’re approaching El Chalten on the bus. We see one of the most beautiful mountain sceneries one can imagine. Read the rest of this entry »

Routa 40

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Yup, that’s where we are now. So excuse us all the misspellings, but the bus shakes us up and down on this legendary dirt road. We feel like shaken jellies and Read the rest of this entry »