Returning to Chile – in Covid times – virtually
Eight years ago we took a six month 'sabbatical' from our busy life on San Juan Island and moved to Chile. We traveled north to south and east to west.…
Tell us which of our blog photos are your top 5!
Greetings to all our blog readers! A glorious rainbow has just sent us back to the north. Now, we are back home on San Juan Island after a long, long…
Tastes of traditions in Buenos Aires
We expected Buenos Aires to be cool and clammy – but no, our stay has been lovely and sunny and comfortable for walking some of the shady parks and the rabbit…
Surprises – in Valparaiso and beyond
The past week has been filled with many unexpected events, including one today, in which we learned that we were grounded from taking off from the Temuco Airport by winds…
Digging into Norte Grande
We are now in the northern part of this long skinny country, though we won't make it all the way to the Peruvian border. San Pedro de Atacama has been…
Al Norte: In Search of Local Color
For the past five days or so we have been traveling and transitioning north from Temuco. We've had long days of driving many kilometers, but we are now finally through…
Celebrations in April
After two weeks happily homebound at Helen's home 10 km east of Temuco, we decided we had much to celebrate and so we took off for the cordierra 100 km…
Al Norte: Calmness Prevails
Imagine – fair weather for almost a whole week, with no winds to ruffle our feathers! It was even calm enough to camp on a beach last night after taking…
Chasing Rainbows at the End of the World
Mud. Puddles. Road equipment of all types moving huge quantities of sodden soil. That's what we witnessed as we arrived by bus in Punta Arenas from Puerto Natales in Chile.…
Torres del Paine – Con viento furioso
We have just spent 3 days in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, a park that some guidebooks call the best national park in South America. We arrived on the Navimag…
Traveling South by Navimag: -41 deg to -51 deg
The past four days we traveled south from Puerto Montt. The Navimag ship carried many trucks, shipping containers and autos, plus numerous animals and about 100 human travelers. …
A Short Visit to a Huge Park
We have left Chiloe to explore parts of Patagonia. We spent over a week doing preliminary research on the wind farm project, interviewing local people about the project, and doing…
Easter Island – Ancient Enigma
After the Festival: Exploring Moai and Experiencing Curanto and Hoards of Horses on Easter Island In creating the second part of our Easter Island blog, Leslie asked Helen if she'd…
Easter Island – at the Tapati Rapa Nui Festival
We arrived on Easter Island (Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua) after a 5 hour flight west from Santiago. The jet spots a dot on the ocean, swoops over the…
Some birds and animals of Chile
Hi Tennessee!! (and any nature-lovers out there as well) Here are lots of photos of animals that we have seen in our two months of travel in Chile. This first…
Off the Beaten Track on Isla Grande de Chiloe
What a unique adventure we have had for the past ten days as we slowly worked our way south to the last remnant of the Panamerican Highway on the southern…
In Praise of our Hostess, Helen – Temuco and Environs
Heading south about a week ago in our new (used) Suzuki Gran Vitara 4-wheel drive vehicle, we recounted many of the ways in which our new friend, Helen Williams (daughter of dear…
Weekend Trips with Neighbors (Vecinos)
We have had two terrific weekend trips these past two weeks. Javier and Sandra invited Helen and us to visit their mountain home near Villarica, and Claudia and Marcos invited…
Fighting in Valdivia – Liam, with your current interest, you will love this!
We took a little bus west to the coast of Chile from Valdivia. Then we took a little boat to a pensula called Corral where there is an old Spanish…
Camping in Conguillio National Park
Un Viaje a Parque Nacional Conguillío, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve On Jan. 9th, we left Helen's comfortable home east of Temuco on foot with our 'camping' gear in a duffle…
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