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Fin Del Mundo – Ushuaia, Argentina

Posted onApril 23, 2019April 23, 2019

After a week hiking (and recuperating from the flu) in El Chaltén, we drove back to El Calafate and caught a flight to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. Due to its location, Ushuaia is known as “Fin Del Mundo,” (the end of the world) and it is the gateway to many of the Read More …

El Chaltén, Argentina: Hiker’s Paradise

Posted onApril 9, 2019April 11, 2019

Departing El Calafate by car we drove north along the famed Ruta 40 towards the small town of El Chaltén. The road to El Chaltén The drive into town in clear weather is truly stunning. We stopped frequently to take in the views. On the way, we spotted guanacos, rheas (similar to an emu) and Read More …

Ice Ice Baby, or Adventures in El Calafate

Posted onApril 4, 2019April 9, 2019

After three weeks traveling around Chile that included some highlights as well as low lights, it was time to move on. We boarded an early morning bus in Puerto Natales and rolled north towards Argentina. As the miles passed, the mountainous landscape turned to rolling grasslands, with the occasional fox or guanaco trotting by. After Read More …

A Family Motorhome Adventure in Torres Del Paine

Posted onMarch 28, 20194 Comments

After our four day journey through Chilean Patagonia, we were excited to set out from Puerto Natales to nearby Torres Del Paine National Park. TDP has been called South America’s best national park and we were anxious to find out if it would live up to that billing. TDP is a very popular destination for Read More …

Voyage Through the Patagonian Fjords on the Navimag Ferry

Posted onMarch 25, 2019

After enjoying a few days in the lakes region of Chile and Argentina we headed south, deep into Chilean Patagonia. This rugged area is made up of mountains, fjords and islands, most of which are not accessible by road. To see this majestic landscape up close one must travel by sea, either on a fancy Read More …

Bariloche, Argentina – Land of Chocolate and Beer!

Posted onMarch 19, 2019March 25, 2019

While researching South American destinations we learned that there was a German-influenced town in Argentina full of chocolate shops and craft breweries. This town is called Bariloche, and naturally we had to add it to our itinerary. After our visit to San Pedro de Atacama we flew south to Puerto Montt, Chile, the departure point Read More …

Into the Atacama Desert

Posted onMarch 6, 2019March 7, 20191 Comment

San Pedro de Atacama is a small dusty town that serves as the base for exploring the Chilean portion of the Atacama Desert. To get there we took a flight from Santiago to Calama, rented a truck, then made the drive through the desert to San Pedro. The town sort of reminded us of an Read More …

Family Fun in Santiago, Chile

Posted onMarch 4, 2019April 9, 2019

Our visit to Santiago got off to a bit of a rocky start when we were robbed within the first 30 minutes of our arrival in the city (you can read more about that here). As a result we spent most of our first two days in the city working to replace some of the Read More …

What Two Santiago Bag Snatchers Stole From Us, and What We Learned from the Experience

Posted onMarch 4, 2019March 4, 20192 Comments

We arrived early in the morning in Santiago, slightly weary from two red-eye flights (and a layover in the Lima airport). We’d read horror stories about taxi scams at the Santiago airport so we came prepared and marched right up to the desk of an official taxi company, ready to ignore any aggressive touts with Read More …

Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Posted onFebruary 22, 2019

For our final few days in Costa Rica we drove west to the Pacific Coast. Our destination was Tamarindo, a popular beach town that is also known as “Tamagringo” due to the prevalence of tourists from the USA and Europe. As we made our way to the Pacific coast we were struck by how different Read More …

The Intrepid Family

Fin Del Mundo – Ushuaia, Argentina

El Chaltén, Argentina: Hiker’s Paradise

Ice Ice Baby, or Adventures in El Calafate

A Family Motorhome Adventure in Torres Del Paine

Voyage Through the Patagonian Fjords on the Navimag Ferry

Bariloche, Argentina – Land of Chocolate and Beer!

Into the Atacama Desert

Family Fun in Santiago, Chile

What Two Santiago Bag Snatchers Stole From Us, and What We Learned from the Experience

Tamarindo, Costa Rica

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