Chile
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Photo of the Week – Santiago’s Fresh Seafood at the Mercado Central
More Details: Photo of the Week – Santiago’s Fresh Seafood at the Mercado CentralI loved spending a year in Santiago, Chile with the Andes as a majestic backdrop and in a country that offers so many beautiful landscapes from deserts in the north to fjords in the south. One of my favorite places in Santiago is the Mercado Central where one cannot only shop for fresh seafood but,…
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Photo of the Week – The Grandiose Andes
More Details: Photo of the Week – The Grandiose AndesThe Himalayas sound remote and far away? Well, the Andes are ALMOST as tall and with spectacular views too. You can take a VERY short flight from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina (for peanuts if you buy the ticket in Chile) and you get this impressive view. I fell in love with the view in…
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A Propos of Earthquakes
More Details: A Propos of EarthquakesAs I have written elsewhere in this blog, I missed the Chile earthquake of Feb 2010 by a day and a half. How lucky of me! Our company did not allow us to return for 3 weeks and in those 3 weeks the more powerful aftershocks took place so I also missed those mercifully since…
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Photos of the Week – Sights of Chile
More Details: Photos of the Week – Sights of ChileI loved Chile from a 3-month stint there 20 yrs ago before I went back in Dec 2009. I have written about what I saw, did and felt in other entries in my blog so I won’t repeat myself, but I continue to long to go back even after spending all of 2010 in Chile… …
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On the List for a Future Trip to Patagonia
More Details: On the List for a Future Trip to PatagoniaReminiscing about my trip to Patagonia and the southern tip of the Americas, I think about what I didn’t get to see… Somehow, 7 months later, Patagonia’s grasp on my mind and my spirit is still very strong. I don’t know if it is the remoteness, the “unspoiltness” (though there is tourism there), the closer-to-how-it-used-be,…
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Photo of the Week – A Colorful Home
More Details: Photo of the Week – A Colorful HomeLast December, I finally fulfilled a dream almost 19 years old: to go to Punta Arenas and see the Chilean Patagonia. I have written about the trip already in the blog but I thought this picture merited a Photo of the Week entry of its own. This is a home in Puerto Natales, near the…
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Best of Chile Itinerary | What to See and Experience
More Details: Best of Chile Itinerary | What to See and ExperienceHaving traveled a good bit throughout Chile while visiting and working there, I’d like to share a “best of” Chile itinerary. This itinerary of what to see in Chile is geared to those with enough time to do more than a couple of days’ worth of exploring (but not boundless time either….). I elaborate on some…
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Going with Serendipity in Chile’s Patagonia
More Details: Going with Serendipity in Chile’s PatagoniaThe agency that helped me organize my trip down south to Patagonia created a suggested itinerary based on what I wanted to see. In their itinerary, they had me staying 3 nights in Puerto Natales and 1 night in a place sort of in the middle of nowhere. I would stay at that place the…
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A Long Trip to Get to a Glacier
More Details: A Long Trip to Get to a GlacierThe first time I heard about the Perito Moreno glacier was back in 1991 when an Argentinian friend mentioned having gone there and it being “espectacular!” as Argentines are prone to say when they like something enough. I finally got to visit it but, in doing my research, I was surprised at its location, well…
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Out and About to Check Out the Torres del Paine!
More Details: Out and About to Check Out the Torres del Paine!The Torres del Paine National Park, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, is the main “attraction” in the Chilean Patagonia. Certainly, there is a lot more to explore in the region (Perito Moreno in Argentina, Puerto Natales, penguin colonies, etc.) but nothing seems as well known as this National Park and its centerpiece the mountains that…
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Beginning the Journey into Patagonia: Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales
More Details: Beginning the Journey into Patagonia: Punta Arenas and Puerto NatalesWhile Punta Arenas was my entry point to Patagonia (see map for a good visual!), I wasn’t going to spend too much time there – I had places to go in Patagonia! Punta Arenas is known for being very windy but much to my joy, the landing was very smooth. After a quick lunch at…