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Tag Archives: chile
Salinas Grandes
After lunch we headed out on the ‘monster truck’ to Salinas Grandes. Somewhere en route we passed from the Salta province to the Jujuy province of Argentina. We were heading toward Puna. The temperature here was quite warm, but very … Continue reading
Posted in Salta & environs
Tagged Argentina, chile, Jujuy, Puna, Salinas Grandes, Salta, San Pedro de Atacama
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Dogs rule!
Dogs run free all over South America! They are not wild or rabid, they are just running around free. It is the funniest things sometimes but I imagine it must drive some of the residents crazy. Plus, they are mostly … Continue reading
Escape from Chile!
Our time in the Chilean part of Patagonia ended this morning, November, 30. We got up and finished packing, ate breakfast, etc., and were all ready for our 8:30 transfer to our next destination. We loaded onto the van, just … Continue reading
Punta Arenas
I must say that there is not a whole hell of a lot to see in this town. It is simply a layover spot for a lot of connections to other parts of Chile, Patagonia, and the Antarctic. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Patagonia
Tagged Antarctic, chile, Nandu, Patagonia, Punta Arenas, Santiago, Ushuai, Via Australis
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Landing on Cape Horn
I woke up at about 5:00 am this morning and showered and went up to the “Yamana” lounge for coffee and watch the scenery as we arrived toward Horn Island. Yamana is the name of the aboriginal people here (also … Continue reading
Posted in Patagonia
Tagged Albatross Memorial, Argentina, Cape Horn, chile, Drake Passage, Ernest Shackleton, Horn Island, Patagonia, Via Australis, Yagán, Yahgan, Yamana
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Going gaucho!
We woke up this morning to some God awful weather! Hard rain and fog so thick we couldn’t see across the Beagle Channel to Chile. Oh well, what to do a with ourselves today? I headed down to breakfast at … Continue reading
Caminito
Tuesday I took a ride on the Buenos Aires version of the “Hop on, Hop off” bus. It is cleverly called “Buenos Aires Bus”! Someone call in the marketers! B.A. is huge, and has a population of about 13 million, … Continue reading
Posted in Buenos Aires
Tagged Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Bus, Caminito, chile, Cusco, La Boca, New Orleans, Palermo Soho, peru, Sao Paolo, Valparaiso
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A list of my travels
Here is a list of the countries / nations / territories that I have visited, I may have forgotten one or two! I have been on multi-day hiking and biking trips in many of these countries and have ridden a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged active travel, austria, belgium, belize, bermuda, bosnia & herzegovina, brazil, canada, chile, costa rica, croatia, czech republic, Denmark, easter island, ecuador, egypt, england, france, galapagos islands, germany, gibraltar, gozo, horseback riding, hungary, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, malta, mexico, montenegro, morocco, netherlands, northern ireland, norway, peru, poland, puerto rico, russia, scotland, slovakia, south africa, spain, sweden, switzerland, travel, vatican city
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