Mom and Dad called up one day and said that they were ready to book tickets. We’d been talking about them visiting us again in South America for some time. My Dad is not a very particular guy, but he wanted warm saltwater. Warm saltwater was what we’d heard every time we talked about their visit. For warm saltwater […]
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Southern Ecuador
In early January of this year we left Peru and entered Ecuador. We had a great time exploring Peru, there is a great diversity in landscape, great archaeological sites, and friendly people, but Peru is a tough place to travel in. After 3 months we were ready for a change and looking forward to Ecuador. […]
Don’t skip Bolivia: La Paz, Cerro Sajama and Corocio
Most overlanders traveling in South America do visit Bolivia, but we have been asked by several times by overlanders if they should skip Bolivia. There are lot of reasons someone might skip this country. For one, Bolivia has a reputation for bad roads, corrupt police, issues getting fuel and just being a hard place to travel in. If […]
The Salar de Uyuni: Miles and Miles of Salt
As we said before, our route was a little crazy during this part of the trip. From Sucre, we headed back to Chile so that we could see San Pedro de Atacama and travel the Lagunas Route back into Bolivia. Yeah, it was a big circle. Back in mid June of 2017, on the way […]
The Sweet Spots of San Pedro and NW Argentina
From here our route gets a little wonky for a number of reasons. Please, bear with me while I try and explain it as succinctly as possible. Also, check out our Our Route So Far page for a handy visual aid. The first reason was that our 90 day Chilean visa was coming to end. […]
Thank You Coquimbo
After dropping Mom and Dad off at the Airport in Santiago, in mid March, we made a quick dash up the coast to Coquimbo for Easter weekend. We had plans to see old friends from my grad-school days in Virginia, Alfredo and Ivka. Back in grad school, when I was a young, and lonely bachelor, […]
Mom and Dad Came to Visit!
We had more visitors! This time they were very special, my folks! They agreed to come down for two weeks at the beginning of April and visit Chile. Just a little spoiler, we had a blast and we really enjoyed having them. Obviously we couldn’t travel, with them, the same way that Alex and I […]
Back to the Carretera Austral and Island Life on Chiloe
We crossed the Andes once more from dry Argentina into the lush valley of the mighty Rio Futaleufu. I am always struck by how the weather affects the way you perceive a new place. When we passed through the village of Futaleufu, or Futa as it’s known, months earlier, on our way south, it was […]
Tierra Del Fuego: The Ends of the Roads
I know it’s been a while. We took a trip back home for two months and had the best intentions of catching up then, but we were pretty busy. Alex is working on a post about our trip home, and we should have it out soon. We are currently in La Paz, Bolivia. We are […]
Argentina’s Great Parks
Again, this is embarrassing, but we are quite behind on our official travel posts. Last time we wrote it was the end of December, and we had just driven the Carretera Austral in Chile, and moving into Argentina. Our “Week in Food“ series, that some will remember, was done during this same time. We rushed a […]