Well we have been offline for several days staying at Bahia Bustamante on the coast of Argentina. When you first trying to get here you simply drive along RN/3 (Hwy 3) then you get to a gravel road that cuts off the highway. You do a double take, making sure this is the right place, then realize it must be and start driving down the gravel road. After about 5 KM you are driving through […]
We have spent a couple of days in Punta Arenas Chile, exploring and doing some routine items. I chipped my tooth again (sorry no photos) in the same spot where it always does – so found my way to a local dentist office. It was very nice – no “do you have insurance’ – simply – you pay $50 and see the doctor. We have talked with many local people about the healthcare system – […]
We made it successfully to our hotel in Torres Del Paine National Park. This park is a huge place, and it is 75KM from the nearest gas station, so you must fill up before hand. We used almost all of our gas getting there, driving around and back to Puerto Natales. We do have spare gas so I wasn’t worried about it though. The roads are really good compared to others we have been on […]
Well we have been offline for almost a week now. We took a ship from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales Chile – which goes down the coast “inland” then goes offshore for a stretch of about 14 hours and basically in the sourthern ocean. The boat trip was spectacular, however due to weather we were delayed leaving, delayed in route and delayed getting in. After experiencing the ocean side of the trip I’m glad the […]
Well it’s been about a week since we did a real post about what we have been up to. We successfully crossed back from Argentina to Chile without much of an issue. Taking the car across the border was my biggest concern, however we have our title and US registration and that has been all that’s needed. It seems with vehicles in South America they go off of your plate tag and not the acctual […]
So the volcano that I have been taking pictures of in Pucon blew it’s top last night. http://www.today.com/video/today/57056371/ Here is the footage. When we were there it’s status went from green to yellow and we couldn’t do the climb… Now it’s changed forever…
Refugio Fray – Cerro Cathederal – So we did another very big hike the other day. We hiked to Refugio Fray which sits atop Cerro Catehderal and is a highlight of our trip – from trekking anyway. It’ a longer hike 24KM, with about 600 vertical feet that you do mostly in the last two kilometers. Once you get to the top you find other people who are generally climbing and camping at the refugio. […]
It’s been a busy couple of days here in Bariloche Argentina. We have until Saturday here, then will cross back into Chile and stay in a place called Frutillar until Friday, when we board the Navimag ship for a 4 day excursion to the tip of South America. They can accommodate our car on the ship so we are going one way and ending up at Puerto Natales – so more on that excursion in […]
So we have now been in Bariloche for about 5 days. Honestly the first couple we have been in reaction mode dealing with stuff from our incident in Pucon. However, we have now submitted everything to insurance and they are doing their stuff on their end. Note to anyone travelling, it’s a good idea to take pictures of any/all items taken on a trip. One of our issues is my camera which we don’t […]
So we had been staying in this great spot in Pucon called Romance del Lago – which was excellent up until Wednesday when the ugly side of the world reared its head and sort of slapped us back into reality. We left our house around 4:30, came back at 8:30 to find a window wide open. Yup, we got robbed. At first you don’t believe it, then you realize what you lost and get really […]
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