We were flying out of Buenos Aires on the way back from our Patagonia trip, and three days was just the right amount of time for this city. Unfortunately, I caught some sort of stomach bug so I really had
El Chalten is a famous hiking destination within Argentina's Patagonia. It might be famous because Patagonia's (the brand) founder used this mountainscape as the inspiration for his logo. Or perhaps it's because it's just a small village that
El Calafate Going one way from Chile to Argentina is difficult – it’s not possible to rent a car one way and private transfers on Christmas Eve in a Christian country is also not possible. So we took the bus. We
Puerto Natales After landing in Puerto Natales, a tiny little airport at the edge of Torres del Paine National Park, we were due to pickup the rental car and head to the park. There was a man holding a sign with
We decided to take a day trip from Santiago to visit Valparaiso. Chile’s most colorful seaside city, and of course, given that we were passing through wine country, we had to stop there too! The Casablanca Valley If you are a
Santiago, the capital of Chile, has the Chile's largest airport, making it the start or finish for most people's visits to Chile. Like many, we had limited time before heading down to Patagonia and planned on spending three
If you’re planning a trip to Perú, you’ll be hard-pressed to do so without going to Lima. In our case, we weren’t even planning a trip to Lima, but ended up having a stop over on our way to Chile!
We were due to go to Bermuda but there were two hurricanes arriving back to back, so at the last minute, we re-routed to Aruba! Aruba is part of the ABC islands which are out of the hurricane belt. While Sept
Venice If you are headed to the Dolomites, there is a chance you’ll fly into Venice. In our case, I was flying into Venice to meet Adam and his mom, so I spent a day there before we rented a
This was my second trip to Kalymnos, an island which is a paradise for rock climbers. I loved it so much last year that I had to come back, and this time, John and Nicole joined me. The trip was