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red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 11:48 am
by President Bush
¡buenos dias, Santiago!
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Re: red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 12:39 pm
by President Bush
Election day here today, an election for the members of a new Constitutional Council who are to write a new Chilean Constitution to replace Pinochet's 1980 Constition which is still in effect. This will be the second attempt at redrafting the Constitution.
The previous one failed in a national vote last September, would have been one of the most politically-progressive Constitutions around.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitut ... il_(Chile)
https://nacla.org/chiles-new-constituti ... ifts-right
Re: red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 12:53 pm
by grayman
On my bucket list: visiting South America.
Chile and Argentina topping the list.
Please keep the photos coming!
Re: red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:42 am
by President Bush
Re: red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 11:13 pm
by President Bush
grayman wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 12:53 pm
On my bucket list: visiting South America.
Chile and Argentina topping the list.
Please keep the photos coming!
so far just walking Santiago, chatting, eating seafood soup and
ceviche, flying up to the Atacama tomorrow.
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Re: red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 11:24 pm
by sparks
Damn. Looks good.
Re: red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 10:43 pm
by President Bush
Finally made it to where we'll be for about the next 2 1/2 weeks. Licancabur on the left pretty much right at 20,000 feet.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_Licancabur
Outside a little outpost called San Pedro de Atacama, almost right on the Chilean/Bolivian border.
https://blog.nattule.com/en/atacama-desert-volcanoes/
Northwest Argentina isn't far away. There's a shitload of stratovolcanoes in this part of the Andes.
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/chile- ... livia.html
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Re: red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 1:25 am
by grayman
"Other-wordly" was the first thing to pop into my mind.
Fascinating place.
Re: red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 3:30 am
by stanky
Looking at the links, i'm excited for the prez and FL.
Sounds like you may need some altitude acclimatizing, no?
Great spot for an adventure, you guys.
wish you the best!
Re: red-eye to Santiago
Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 10:06 am
by Admin
Amazing - it's almost identical to Ruapehu national park, with a conical volcano and a larger one next to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nga ... gariro.jpg
