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The Land of Fire & Ice
Photos and thoughts from Lonely Planet’s 2018 top destination: Chile.
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PATAGONIA
PATAGONIA
We had to fly into Punta Arenas, one of those end-of-the-world places you wouldn’t mind too much if you never saw again, to get to…
Jonathan Butler
Mar 12, 2018
THE ATACAMA DESERT
THE ATACAMA DESERT
My only reference point to what a desert would be like was Disney’s Aladdin and a documentary I once saw about the Gobi Desert in China…
Jonathan Butler
Mar 12, 2018
CENTRAL CHILE & THE LAKES DISTRICT
CENTRAL CHILE & THE LAKES DISTRICT
After the days of dust and mud of the Atacama desert, I was ready for a tree change. The next leg of the trip was in central Chile, Chiloe…
Jonathan Butler
Mar 12, 2018
SANTIAGO
SANTIAGO
When I told people that I was about to spend three weeks in Chile, they gave me a puzzled look. If they hadn’t been to South America, they…
Jonathan Butler
Mar 12, 2018
CHILOÉ
CHILOÉ
There’s only 2 km separating the island of Chiloé from Chile, but that small distance has been enough to make the islands pretty different…
Jonathan Butler
Mar 12, 2018
VALPARAÍSO
VALPARAÍSO
Rounding out our trip was a two night escape to Valparaiso, a coastal town 1.5 hours away from Santiago. Valparaíso is famous for its…
Jonathan Butler
Mar 12, 2018
DOGS OF CHILE
DOGS OF CHILE
There were dogs everywhere around Chile. After trudging up a huge dune — there were two dogs chilling out. They looked at us as if to say…
Jonathan Butler
Mar 12, 2018
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