Saturday 11 March. Valparaíso is a colourful coastal city. It’s build on several hills and has many small steep streets and stairs. The viewpoints on the hills show the colourful city. Enough opportunities to take some pictures. A special building…
Classical Santiago
Friday 10 March. With the metro to Parque O’Higgens to start the city tour. Well there’s a entertainment park and not much to see. Palacio Cousiño is a beautiful classic building with a big fence around it. Through the park…
Warm welcome in Concepción
Wednesday 8 March. After 24 h of flights and airports I arrive in Concepción. A cab to the hotel, a power nap and at 3:30 h Chilean friends Cote and Caro pick me up. We met last year in Vietnam…
Exploring Antarctica
Monday 27 February. Breakfast at 7:30 h and our first landing. First a zodiac tour through Paradise Harbour. Beautiful blue icebergs, see Gentoo penguins and crabeaters in the water. After an hour and a half it’s our turn to go…
Rocking the Drake
Friday 24 February. Two days ago I took a bus and several planes to go to Ushuaia. This morning the last arrangements and at 16 h is the check in. Enjoying the view, a briefing, dinner, meeting people and to…
Hard climb, but so rewarding
Monday 20 February. Last days it was rainy and I didn’t do much. Today a small touristic trip in the minivan. The start is with the wooden flower shops in Pucón, the old suspension bridge and a traditional house in…
Mythical Chiloé
Yesterday at 20:30 h the bus arrived in Puerto Montt. A short walk to the hotel in a sad area. The hotel provides a “private” room, without privacy. The lock doesn’t work and at one moment I’m locked in. I’ve…
Alpine Bariloche
Yesterday after a bad sleep in the bus I tried to sleep more. Reading the book and see how the landscape is not changing that much. At nine we’re at the bus station in Bariloche. The first hotel room has…
Tracking Fitz Roy at alpine El Chaltén
Thursday 9 February. A quick stop at the store to buy breakfast and take the bus at 8:30 h to El Chaltén. The bus trip takes 5 hours and after 1 hour we cross the border with Argentina. Before entering…
A huge wall of blue ice
Tuesday 7 February. Early breakfast and then to the bus station. We’re there on time and go with the bus to El Calafate. Within an hour we arrive at the border. More stamps in the pass and further to El…