Chronicling our crazy yearlong worldwide family sabbatical
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …