Maxwells vs The World » Photos http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz The Travel Blog of Richard and Geraldine Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:47:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Santiago Funicular http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/29/santiago-funicular/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/29/santiago-funicular/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:16:45 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/29/santiago-funicular/ Santiago Funicular

View of smogbound Santiago from their famous funicular. Fitting really, that the most polluted city of the Americas, is the capital city of the least sustainable country in the Americas.

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Beautiful Stray Dog http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/27/beautiful-stray-dog/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/27/beautiful-stray-dog/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:35:35 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/27/beautiful-stray-dog/ Beautiful Stray Dog

All throughout Chile and Argentina are packs of stray dogs. What makes them different are that they are all beautiful pure-breds or similar. The Photo was taken earily morning at the bus station as we were waiting for our bus back to Chile.

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Perito Moreno Glacier http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/23/perito-moreno-glacier/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/23/perito-moreno-glacier/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:06:46 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/23/perito-moreno-glacier/ Perito Moreno Glacier

Huge calving glacier in Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park. We sat at the watch platform for four hours, just watching it hoping to get a photo of huge chunks of ice calving of the glacier to the sound of thunder.

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Navimag Patagonia http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/20/navimag-patagonia/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/20/navimag-patagonia/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:50:07 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/20/navimag-patagonia/ Navimag Patagonia

The Navimag ferry sailing down the Chillian fjords of southern Patagonia.

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Independence http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/18/independence/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/18/independence/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:35:10 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/18/independence/ Independance

The mascot surveys its troups during marches on Chile’s independance day.

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Tonka Truck http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/14/tonka-truck/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/14/tonka-truck/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:33:07 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/14/tonka-truck/ Tonka Truck

Geri and Ricky standing next to a HUGH mining truck at Chuquicamata, the worlds largest open pit copper mine in the world.

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Chile Pre-Sunset http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/13/chile-pre-sunset/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/13/chile-pre-sunset/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:52:40 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/13/chile-pre-sunset/ Pre-Chile Sunset

Geraldine walking along the sand dune in the Valley of the Moon to watch the sunset. San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

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Earth or Mars? http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/12/earth-or-mars/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/12/earth-or-mars/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:42:03 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/12/earth-or-mars/ Earth or Mars?

Sol De Mañana Geyser field, Bolivia, 4800m above sea level.

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Salar de Uyuni http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/10/salar-de-uyuni/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/10/salar-de-uyuni/#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:15:54 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/10/salar-de-uyuni/ Salar de Uyuni

Geraldine stuck in the middle of the largest salt flat in the World.

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The Worlds Most Dangerous Road http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/07/the-worlds-most-dangerous-road/ http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/07/the-worlds-most-dangerous-road/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:50:42 +0000 Ricky http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/09/07/the-worlds-most-dangerous-road/ Worlds most Dangerous Road

The Worlds Most Dangerous Road decends from 4200m to 1600m (thereabouts), and is at times one lane wide, with 800m drops to the valley below.

We cycled down this road.

We are nuts.

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