Chile
Wrapping Up Patagonia in Chiloé and Valdivia
Written By: jeff
Posted On: July 24th, 2011
On Saturday, March 1, around noon I headed off to the pier to catch my ferry from Chaitén to Quellón on the island of Chiloé. I had a final conversation with the family who owned the home where I was staying. We talked about Chilean life in southern Chile and how different it was to [...]
4x4ing the Carretera Austral
Written By: jeff
Posted On: July 17th, 2011
On Monday morning after saying a quick goodbye to Matt, I went into town to have a quick breakfast and find a car to drive. I quickly hit a roadblock as all the agencies seemed to be out of cars. Furthermore, the prices were even more outlandish than I had originally heard. I started doubting [...]
Getting Started on the Southern Patagonia Highway, aka, “La Carretera Austral”
Written By: jeff
Posted On: July 10th, 2011
On Friday, February 22, we got up, had a quick breakfast at the hostel and headed for the bus company. We heard that that the bus across to Chile Chico, Chile left just after noon, so we hoped to still be able to get a ticket. The ideal scenario for the day was cross the [...]
Taking It Slow Down South
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 26th, 2011
On Monday, February 11th, we slept in after our long night getting the car back from the Torres Del Paine park. After over a week on the boat and the trip through the park, we had tons of laundry to do and all just needed a day’s break. So, we all hung out around Puerto [...]
Driving Through Torres Del Paine
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 19th, 2011
I slept in Friday morning needing some extra hours after the boat trip where I slept OK, but not great. Arris had a car he rented in Argentina and Eva, Linda, Zoe and I decided to go with him to drive through the Torres Del Paine park. We headed out of Puerto Natales in the [...]
Cruising Through the Patagonian Islands and Fjords
Written By: jeff
Posted On: May 22nd, 2011
I arrived in the city of Puerto Montt on Monday morning to begin my 5 week adventure through Chile (and, time permitting, a little of Bolivia). I headed straight for the dock where I would leave on my cruise to check in with Navimag. I handed in my backpack and had 4 hours to walk [...]
The Highs and Lows of Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: May 15th, 2011
I arrived in Santiago on December 28 and stayed through January. My plan was simple: take some time in the gym to continue on the weight loss path I had been on since September in Buenos Aires and take a photography course to improve my photography skills. Further, I arrived to a small group of [...]
The Long Patient Wait
Written By: jeff
Posted On: October 17th, 2010
I arrived in Lima on Thursday morning and made my way over to my hotel. I got so little sleep this week due to the crazy schedule of having to get up early almost every morning to either get to/from Machu Picchu, up Machu Picchu or to leave Cusco, that I just crashed in my [...]
Final Week in Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 27th, 2010
After getting back from Rapa Nui, I started thinking about what I wanted to do my last week in Santiago. I felt like I had seen most of what I wanted so I figured I would focus on just hanging out with my friends for the last week. In BA, I was just trying to [...]
Back to Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 20th, 2010
I woke this morning later than I wanted. I had hoped to go for a quick run on my last morning but it wasn’t meant to be. I jumped in the shower and had a cold one. I got one wave of hot water and then it was cold the rest of the shower. I [...]
