Archive for the ‘Chile’ Category
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
LAN Airlines will use its first two Boeing 787-8s on routes from Santiago to Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Madrid and Frankfurt beginning in the fouth quarter.
Speaking Monday during the FIDAE airshow, LAN’s marketing director Pedro Margozzini said the first two airplanes are to be delivered in the fourth quarter. He ...
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The powdery white sand beach of the world-famous Copacabana stretches to as far as the eyes can see. Here, millions of beach lovers from around the world make their pilgrimage every year even as the waters are not fit for swimming due to the freezing, huge waves. Just across the ...
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
The details of the Dakar 2012, which will take place between 1st and 15th January in Argentina, Chile and Peru, were unveiled this morning in Paris. The route's characteristics, just like the game of musical chairs evident amongst the pretenders to the crown, promise a race full of thrills and ...
Posted in Andes, Argentina, Buenos Aires Province, Chile, Cuyo, Dakar Rally Argentina Chile, Mar del Plata Argentina, Mendoza Argentina, South America | Comments Off
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Fine wine and excellent cuisine are highlights of this tour that will take you to Argentina and Chile’s top winemaking regions.
Enjoy stays at exclusive boutique hotels and opportunities to dine at state-of-the-art wineries as you travel from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires to Mendoza, one of the most famous wine producing regions ...
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
As a political-science graduate, my decision to travel solo through Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil gave me the opportunity to not only see breathtaking scenery, drink excellent wine and eat enough food to feed a small army, but to also see how I was viewed as an American in ...
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
The Dakar Rally, held in Argentina and Chile for the third time although with less spectators than in the previous two years, could expand into Brazil, Paraguay and Peru in 2012.
The world famous race, moved from west Africa to South America over security concerns, was won by Qatar's Nasser al-Attiyah ...
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Marc Coma in bikes and Nasser Al-Attiyah in cars built up hefty leads after Wednesday's 10th stage of the Dakar Rally to close in on the overall victory as the race returned to Argentina ahead of Sunday's finish in Buenos Aires.
The stage crossed a 13,000-foot pass in the Andes, with ...
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Today the ninth stage of Dakar Rally 2011 ended, considered one of the hardest and most demanding in the entire competition. It was through the desert of Copiapo, with dunes that complicate the pilots.
In quads, the Argentine Alejandro Patronelli arrived first, winning only by 5 minutes 21 seconds against the ...
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
Dakar 2011 Stage 8 Summary: Antofagasta > Copiapo
Connection 268km | Special Stage 508km | Total 776km
In a three-way battle of the Dakar masters, Marc Coma triumphed in Copiapo to pick up his third special stage this year and further consolidate his position as race leader. Meanwhile Despres and Lopez, fight ...
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
Nasser al-Attiyah narrowed the gap behind Volkswagen team-mate Carlos Sainz by winning the seventh stage of the Dakar rally in Chile Sunday.
Titleholder Sainz of Spain saw his overall lead whittled down to 1 minute 22 seconds over the Qatari driver after the stretch of more than 600 kilometres from Arica ...
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