Posts Tagged ‘Chile travel’
Driving Through Torres Del Paine
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 19th, 2011
I slept in Friday morning needing some extra hours after the boat trip where I slept OK, but not great. Arris had a car he rented in Argentina and Eva, Linda, Zoe and I decided to go with him to drive through the Torres Del Paine park. We headed out of Puerto Natales in the […]
Cruising Through the Patagonian Islands and Fjords
Written By: jeff
Posted On: May 22nd, 2011
I arrived in the city of Puerto Montt on Monday morning to begin my 5 week adventure through Chile (and, time permitting, a little of Bolivia). I headed straight for the dock where I would leave on my cruise to check in with Navimag. I handed in my backpack and had 4 hours to walk […]
The Highs and Lows of Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: May 15th, 2011
I arrived in Santiago on December 28 and stayed through January. My plan was simple: take some time in the gym to continue on the weight loss path I had been on since September in Buenos Aires and take a photography course to improve my photography skills. Further, I arrived to a small group of […]
The Long Patient Wait
Written By: jeff
Posted On: October 17th, 2010
I arrived in Lima on Thursday morning and made my way over to my hotel. I got so little sleep this week due to the crazy schedule of having to get up early almost every morning to either get to/from Machu Picchu, up Machu Picchu or to leave Cusco, that I just crashed in my […]
Final Week in Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 27th, 2010
After getting back from Rapa Nui, I started thinking about what I wanted to do my last week in Santiago. I felt like I had seen most of what I wanted so I figured I would focus on just hanging out with my friends for the last week. In BA, I was just trying to […]
Back to Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 20th, 2010
I woke this morning later than I wanted. I had hoped to go for a quick run on my last morning but it wasn’t meant to be. I jumped in the shower and had a cold one. I got one wave of hot water and then it was cold the rest of the shower. I […]
Final Day in Rapa Nui
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 13th, 2010
I awoke this morning at 6:30 to go for a quick run before the activity of the day began. The island was absolutely still. The purr of the ocean played in the background as I made my way through the downtown harbor and toward the restored moai ahus (platforms) not far from the hotel. […]
The Power of the Moai
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 6th, 2010
Last night I went to a little show put on by the Kari Kari company showcasing the traditional dancing of the Rapa Nui people. Given the Polynesian roots of the people, the dances and chants were familiar to the styles I saw in Hawaii and in New Zealand. I typically eschew these types of events, […]
Isla de Pascua/Easter Island – Day One
Written By: jeff
Posted On: May 30th, 2010
The day finally came. It was time to head off to Easter Island – one of the world’s most mysterious and revered places on earth. It is also one of its most remote. It is approximately halfway between Chile and Tahiti. So, it’s not the kind of place that you just happen upon. I’ve always […]
School Days
Written By: jeff
Posted On: May 23rd, 2010
The last couple of weeks at school have been more social than anything I had in BA. Most of that was my fault. While in BA, I was recovering from the months of prep to get the trip started and leave the US. And, I was frantically trying to get the site launched. So, in […]
