Chile

[jpvm]

FYI this promotional Vid of the coming Mercede G 500+ , portal axle equipped dream G ... was filmed 100% in CHILE !!!!

https://youtu.be/fc7V7YPSwyg

 

[al415]

I reached out to an old friend down there yesterday, mostly because Chile being in the news made me think of her. I expected her to say the volcano was on the other side of the country and instead she said her hair was grey with ash and there was smoke and ash everywhere. Sobering and I hope everyone affected by this pulls through safe and sound.

 

[EricMcGrew]

Here is my house yesterday.

Here's the other side of the volcano. Some 18 km from my house.

 

[EricMcGrew]

Here's my latest vlog that I've loaded on the Calbuco Volcano topic. I have more to come, but this is what I've got uploaded so far.

 

[EricMcGrew]

On Sunday, we went into the "Red Zone"(Ensenada), to make sure all of our friends, and a number of our neighbors houses had their roofs cleaned. We also, made sure they had all the most important things taken out, that they "Needed". So, while there, I got some vid and photos. I've not done my latest vlog yet, but that should be up today or tomorrow, I'm hoping.

In the mean time, here are few photos I, or my friends have take inside the area.

Photos from my friends






I actually realized that almost all of what I took is vid. The few photos that I have are of my Trooper there. Imagine that. So, here you go.

 

[EricMcGrew]

Here is another Vlog post on the state of Ensenada Chile.

 

[jpvm]

To refreshen a bit the thread, here's a small trip to Matanzas, surfin spot south of Santiago

I'm on Camo shorts ;-)

 

[jpvm]

Back to the city , here´s a shot of my 2 partners, my sons ... MTB enduro riding the hills down to the city

 

[jpvm]

Back to the city , here´s a shot of my 2 partners, my sons ... MTB enduro riding the hills down to the city

And here is our new friend ZOLO , out of this portal , who came to live in Chile. Daniel , be welcomed to Chile and he is also our new MTB partner ... as you may see , he's got already a very nice Toyota Prado , lifted with a 2" ARB kit and some more goodies to come....

 

[EricMcGrew]

I forgot to put up this vlog I did last week. A few weeks after all the Volcano Calbuco eruption excitement, we got a bunch of rain. THis brought down A LOT of pyroclastic materials. Causing some major flooding and land slides. My friends property on lake Todos Los Santos was badly damages. Here's the vid.

 

[zolo]

Back to the city , here´s a shot of my 2 partners, my sons ... MTB enduro riding the hills down to the city

And here is our new friend ZOLO , out of this portal , who came to live in Chile. Daniel , be welcomed to Chile and he is also our new MTB partner ... as you may see , he's got already a very nice Toyota Prado , lifted with a 2" ARB kit and some more goodies to come....

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JP, Its been great here in Chile. Glad to be a new part of your crew for the awesome riding and hopfully some new travels in the trucks!!
Really glad I meet up with you man! Cheers.

 

[jpvm]

Same Daniel , its always interesting to see in person what kind of (nice) people are behind the keyboards of these forums :bike_rider:







South to North, this awaits the chilean overlanders ....

 

[jpvm]

I forgot to put up this vlog I did last week. A few weeks after all the Volcano Calbuco eruption excitement, we got a bunch of rain. THis brought down A LOT of pyroclastic materials. Causing some major flooding and land slides. My friends property on lake Todos Los Santos was badly damages. Here's the vid.

MAN those are massive floodings coming out of the Todos los Santos Lake, I've never seen this lake so high watered ... and I've seen 52 autuums ... so it is the south, it may have cities, nice roads,m tourism, but the nature is still untamed there , we are just witnesses only ....

 

[EricMcGrew]

Yeah... Todos los Santos usually rises a bit. Not this much though. They had to clear the road of land slides 3 times in the same week. At one point the road was cut off in 3 places at the same time. The road to Ralun was cut off in 2 places, and the Road to Cochamo was also cut off for a while. This winter has not even really begun, but it's already been difficult.

 

[pluma blanca]

ufff
Stunning images of the eruption .... go through that route in February 2015 and nothing to predict such damage
even so is wonderful southern Chile


http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/139906-PATAGONIA-CHILENA


this photo was captured on the island of Chiloe in July 2010 ......

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