El Chalten to Villa O’Higgins

We didn’t stay long in El Chalten because we were excited to get moving towards the carretera austral. However, the hiking around el chalten looked impressive, and most trailheads were located right outside town. Another time.

Torres del Paine

Sorry for the long wait since the last post. Internet in Patagonia has been hard to come by. We started this trail on February 16.

Leaving Santiago was not a difficult decision, but we left without fully understanding what we were getting into. Patagonia is a big place.

The Carretera Austral

Construction of the ‘Carretera Austral’ (“Southern Highway”) started in the 1970s, connecting a few isolated villages that were…

Puerto Montt to Temuco

Puerto Montt is the biggest city we’d visited outside of Santiago. If you’re going south, it’s the last large port before digging into Patagonia, in the “lakes region.”

From Chaitén we took an overnight ferry to Puerto Montt, which was quite the experience. The scheduled…

Acquiring a country home

By following rather vague (but surprisingly effective) directions, we arrived by subway, bus, and foot at the…

And we’re off!

A lot of “firsts” on the first day of our trip: first splurge for Delta Sky Lounge access, first time playing the ukulele on the…

Patagonia!

Feels like the end of the world

Trading Colombia for Chile

After months of trip planning, we decided to cancel our trip to Colombia. It was a tough decision — we’d already…

Clearing up a few misconceptions

An illustrated lesson from Santiago