Chile Map

 

 

Map from southern South America

latest picture: January 27, 2019

• click a picture to see details

001  12/24/2018: High above the clouds:

Approach above the Andes to the capital

Santiago with the Chilean Sky Airline to

our second South American journey …..

002  ….. view to the partly still snow

covered mountain massif of the Andes

and the Laguna del Inca along the main

road between Argentina and Chile …..

003  ….. and the well attended green

cultivated fields down in the valley

north of Santiago

004  At the Santiago airport arrival hall

Emil is holding up a nameplate of our

German travel friends Brigitte and Gerhard,

whom we have not seen for 20 years …..

005  ….. finally we are meeting again the

two, who inspired us in August 1983 in

Malawi/Africa to embark on our epic world

journey (meant only for 1-2 years) …..

006  ….. we enjoy some precious hours

 together in a cozy little restaurant in

Barrio Lastarria in the city center of

Santiago. When shall we meet again?

007  At the port of San Antonio, 71 miles

 [115km] west of Santiago: Cranes are rising

behind nostalgic colorful fishing boats

008  The ship "Ever Lovely" of the

Taiwanese Evergreen Line with our

container on board docked at the port

of San Antonio

009  The lovely lit cranes at the

San Antonio port at sunset

010  The long harbor walkway in

San Antonio with cafes, fish restaurants

and stalls of all kind attracts many

visitors on weekends

011  A colorful snack bar with a variety

of bites and drinks at the San Antonio

coastal walkway "Paseo Bellamar"

012  Display of fresh fish and crustaceans

at a market stall along the San Antonio's

"Paseo Bellamar" coastal walkway

013  At the San Antonio coastal walkway:

Where there is fish, seagulls (Laridae) are

not far away …..

014  ….. also snoozing Patagonian

sea lions (Otaria flavescens)

seem to be fine here …..

015  ….. even Perluvian pelicans

(Pelecanus thagus) are present

and on the lookout for food

016  12/28/2018: Emil drives our Land-

Cruiser after its >7 weeks Pacific sea

journey (=14'900mi [24'000km]) from

Bintulu/Sarawak/Malaysia out of its 31st

container in the terminal of Puerto Colum-

bo, 3½mi [6km] southeast of San Antonio

017  Emil explains our country ribbon to

the customs boss who is dispatching us

personally. Fascinated by our adventure,

there is no inspection at all. Merely VIN

and engine numbers and registration

papers are checked

018  A happy Emil is driving our

LandCruiser out of the container terminal

of Puerto Columbo. We managed the

paper work on our own within two days

and paid around US$942 on port fees

(freight US$1'800)

019  Coast along the deep blue Pacific

Ocean at Canatalao 3 miles [5km] south

of El Quisco in Central Chile between

San Antonio and Valparaíso

020  A wild growing Yucca-like plant

at the Pacific Coast remembering us

to the South African vegetation

021  The delicate "lily of the Incas"

(Alstroemeria pelegrina): It grows very

close to the shoreline We spot it along the

‘Pablo Neruda Trail” along the Pacific Coast

022  Fist-sized withering brownish-

yellow thistles on the “Pablo Neruda

Trail” along the Pacific Coast

023  "Mínima Catedral" monument in

"Parque Escultórico" (sculpture park) of

the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in

Cantalao along the Pacific Coast

024  Violet-purple cardoons, also

called artichoke thistles (Cynara

cardunculus) along the Pacific Coast

025  View from our room on the 7th

floor of the Ibis City Hotel in Santiago to

the impressive church of "Basílica de

Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro"

026  At the lubricentro Mario Oyarce in

Santiago: About 620 miles [1’000km] after

the LandCruiser’s engine overhaul in

Miri/Sarawak/Malaysia an oil change is due

027  Simply cute!

028  Laja Falls along the Panamericana

between the cities of Los Ángeles and

Chillán – a well known tourist destination

with many commercial campgrounds

029  Did the cat not choose the

loveliest spot for a nap?

030  After our first camping night, Emil

enjoys breakfast on the open meadow of

Camping Antü & Küyen in Chillancito

031  Seagulls settled down on a narrow

sand bank of the quietly flowing Laja River

032  Enchanting evening mood on the

Laja River where at sunset the red rays of

the sky are reflecting in the calm water

033  A family is enjoying her peaceful

sunbath on a small sandbank of the

Laja River

034  The golden yellow “flower bouquet”

on the dried out meadow is giving brilliance

to the surrounding

035  A wonderful, delicate combination

of colors of wildflowers

036  Wild flowering hortensias

(Hydrangea serratifolia) in full bloom

on the shore of the Laja river

037  The perfect cone of the 9'774 ft.

[2’979m] high Antuco volcano in the

Laguna del Laja National Park east of

Los Ángeles is greeting with its still

partly covered snow slopes

038  The harsh, unspoilt and protected

nature with Río Laja in the Laguna del

Laja National Park

039  One of the many gushing waterfalls

carving its way through pristine nature

040  Crater landscape at Laguna del

Laja National Park: On the lava slopes

along Río Laja protected mountain cedars

(Austrocedrus chilensis) are growing

041  Our LandCruiser at the Laguna del

Laja, once more with open hood to cool

off its permanent overheating problem

042  The lava fields around the Laguna

del Laja form an eerie lunar landscape.

45 people lost their lives in this region on

May 18th, 2005, due to a blizzard

043  Our LandCruiser is winding its way

through a bizarrely formed lava landscape

of the Laguna del Laja National Park

044  Between the rocks of lava, nature

is reawakening in new splendor: A bush

of yellow daisies

045  Liliana is on a discovery tour between

the volcanic rocks and is again and again

mesmerized about the wonders of nature

046  Colorful mountain huts at the foot

of the still active Antuco volcano

047  Liliana is enjoying the quietness of the

clean Los Abedulos Camping 7mi [11km]

east of Cunco (January 2019 not yet with

hot showers, electricity and wifi), about

15½mi [25km] before the Conguillío

National Park entrance

048  The 10'153 ft. [3’125m] high

Llaima volcano is towering from the

Conguillío National Park and is visible

already from far

049  Our trio poses for a picture with the

background of the Llaima volcano in the

1950 opened Conguillío National Park

050  The scenery of the 8'379 ft. [2'554m]

high Sierra Nevada volcano northeast of

Llaima, is another mountain range in

Conguillío National Park with an

attractive view …..

051  ….. another is the Laguna Quilillo

or Verde – one of the alpine lakes,

which is part of the total 235sq mi

[608km²] big Conguillío-National Park

052  The Llaima Volcano is shining in

immaculate white between stately araucaria

trees (Araucaria araucana). It has

experienced 35 eruptions since 1640

053  Our LandCruiser is looping

through the most attractive part of

the Conguillío National Park

054  Liliana is enjoying the scenic beauty

of the Conguillío National Park, in the

background Llaima volcano

055  Conguillío Lake, framed by forest

and the 8'379 ft. [2'554m] high

Sierra Nevada mountain range

056  Emil viewing the environment

before leaving the Conguillío National Park

short of Melipeuco

057  The lucid green of the trees are

reflecting in the water of the Río Negro in

the camping Los Abedulos in Villa Garcia

058  Araucarias and autumnal colored

leaves in the Conguillío National Park

059  Our spot at the Molco Beach

Camping, 7mi east of Villarica and 3mi

south of the seashore of Lake Villarica (!),

managed by an American

060  A bunch of flowering

"lily of the Incas" (Alstroemeria

pelegrina) stick out of the green

of leaves (see pic. #021 in pink)

061  “Let us maintain our Villarrica clean”:

Municipal sign with all kinds of prohibitions

(no camping, no picnic, no pets!)

062  Enjoying the splendid view to the

9'380ft. [2'860m] high Villarrica volcano

while having lunch (last eruption 3/3/2015)

063  View from the city of Villarica across

the lake to the eponymous Villarrica

volcano. It is one of Chile’s active volcanos

064  Lake Calafquén, one of the "Seven

Lakes" on the way from Pucón, Villarica

and Panguipulli to Los Lagos on the

highway #5 - the Panamericana

065  The wooden twin-towered church

San Sebastián in Panguipulli, built in 1947

by Capuchin monks, is the jewel of the

city with 35'000 people

066  Lunch break at the stony shore

of Río Quinchilca near Punaco

067  Emil early morning at our breakfast

table at the “Turismo Tell Camping

Los Suizos” in Los Lagos, above the

river Río Quinchilca ….

068  ….. where we are invited by

Hans, the Swiss owner, to a glass of wine

and thereby learn new things about Chile

069  A feeling of home in the quaintly

furnished “Turismo Tell Camping Los

Suizos” in Punaco, 5½mi [9km] east of

Los Lagos and equidistant south of Punaco

070  Fuchsias (Fuchsia) adorn the well-

kept garden of the “Turismo Tell Camping

Los Suizos” in Los Lagos/province Los Ríos

071  Scenery over the Río Quinchilca from

the “Turismo Tell Camping Los Suizos” in

Los Lagos, popular by fishermen and nature

lovers

072  Chilean giant rhubarb (Gunnera

tinctoria) in the garden of the “Turismo

Tell Camping Los Suizos” in Los Lagos

073  An attractive bend of the

Río Quinchilca winding through a

rural scenery in Los Lagos

074  Chile is rich on impressive sceneries:

The perfectly shaped, 8'701ft. [2'652m]

high volcano Osorno raising off a green

plain is one of them

075  Flowers belong to Liliana’s favorite

photo motifs – here a beautiful combination

of plants: Pampas grass (Cortaderia

selloana), giant rhubarb (Gunnera tinctoria)

and torch lilies (Kniphofia uvaria)

Next website from southern South America:

Chile Part 2 – from Los Lagos in Los Ríos to Chile Chico in Aysén at the border of Argentina – January 27th to February 7th, 2019

The African trip 2013-16:

CapeVerde: Santiago/Praia part 1 – November18th to December 13th, 2013

CapeVerde: Fogo – Dezember13th to 23rd, 2013

CapeVerde: Brava – December 23rd to 26th, 2013

Cape Verde: Santiago/Praia part 2 – December 26th, 2013 to February 28th, 2014

Cape Verde: São Nicolau – February 28th to March 13th, 2014

Cape Verde: São Vicente/Mindelo part 1 – March 13th to 20th, 2014

Cape Verde: Santo Antão/Eastern side part 1 – March 20th to April 7th, 2014

Cape Verde: Santo Antão/Western side part 2 – April 7th to 10th, 2014

Cape Verde: São Vicente/Mindelo part 2 – April 10th to 29th, 2014

Namibia Part 1 – from Walvis Bay to Windhoek

Angola Part 1 – September 26th to October 4th, 2014

Angola Part 2 – October 4th to 22nd, 2014

Namibia Part 2 – from Windhoek to the Angolan border, back again and on to South Africa

South Africa Part 1 – from Namibia border to Capetown – January 22nd to February 23rd, 2015

3rd Major Repair of our LandCruiser FJ60 - 1982  (due to two broken sideshafts)

South Africa Part 2 – from Capetown to Tsitsikamma National Park – February 24th to March 13th, 2015

South Africa Part 3 – from Addo National Park to the Lesotho border – March 13th to April 7th, 2015

Lesotho – April 7th to 15th, 2015

South Africa Part 4 – from the Lesotho to the Swaziland border – April 15th to 23rd, 2015

Swaziland – April 23rd to 28th, 2015

South Africa Part 5 – from the Swaziland to the Botswana border  – April 28th to May 15th, 2015

Botswana

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

Malawi

Armed Robbery in Malawi on July 31st/August 1st, 2015

Tanzania

Kenya

Ethiopia Part 1 – from Kenya to Djibouti – October 25th to November 18th, 2015

Djibouti – October 18th to 27th, 2015

Ethiopia Part 2 –  from Djibouti to Sudan – November 27th to December 9th, 2015

Sudan – December 9th, 2015 to January 8th, 2016

The continuation in Asia 2016-18:

Saudi Arabia – January 9th to 12th, 2016

United Arab Emirates – January 12th to April 10th, 2016

Iran – April 11th to May 6th, 2016

Turkmenistan – May 6th to 10th, 2016

Uzbekistan – May 10th to 31st, 2016

Tajikistan Part 1 – from Uzbekistan border to Dushanbe – May 31st to June 18th, 2016

Tajikistan Part 2 – from Dushanbe to the Kyrgyzstan border – June 19th to 27th, 2016

Kyrgyzstan – June 27th to August 9th, 2016

Kazakhstan – August 9th to 21st, 2016

Russia Part 2a – from Tretyakovo at Kazakhstan border via Lake Teletskoye to Gorno Altaysk – August 21st to September 26th, 2016

Russia Part 2b – from Gorno Altaysk to the Mongolia border and back to the Ukraine border at Krupets – Sept. 26th to Nov. 11th, 2016

Ukraine Part 3 – November 11th to December 8th, 2016

3rd Rejuvenation of our LandCruiser FJ60/1982 in Miri/Sarawak/East Malaysia from 2/6 to 5/3/2017

Sarawak-Kalimantan-North Sulawesi Part 1 – Miri - Kuching/Sarawak/Malaysia - Balikpapan/Kalimantan, by ferry to Sulawesi

North-Sulawesi Part 2 – Tomohon and surroundings to Tangkoko NP and onwards to Bitung with ferry to Ternate on North Moluccas

North-Moluccas Part 1 – Ternate and Tidore and onwards by ferry to  Sofifi on Halmahera on North Moluccas

North-Moluccas Part 2 – Halmahera and onwards by ferry to Sorong in West Papua Part 1 (Irian Jaya) on western Bird's Head Peninsula

West Papua (Irian Jaya) Part 1 – Sorong, ‚Trans Papua Road’ and onwards by ferry to Seram in Moluccas (Central)

Moluccas (Central) Part 1 – Seram and onwards by ferry to Ambon in Moluccas

Moluccas (Central) Part 2 – Ambon and onwards by ferry to Serui on Yapen in Papua

Papua Part 1 – Yapen and onwards by ferry to Biak in Papua

Papua Part 2 – Biak and onwards by ferry to Manokwari in West Papua Part 2 (Irian Jaya) on eastern Bird's Head Peninsula

West Papua (Irian Jaya) Part 2 – Manokwari, ‚Trans Papua Road’ and onwards by ferry to Makassar in South Sulawesi

South Sulawesi-Kalimantan-Sarawak Part 2 – Makassar South Sulawesi by ferry to Batulicin/South Kalimantan, Kuching - Miri in Sarawak

Continuation of 3rd Rejuvenation of our LandCruiser FJ60/1982 in Miri/Sarawak/East Malaysia from 7/16 to 9/22/2018