A word about sunsets. Do you remember those little questionnaires that you gave your friends when you were younger that were supposed to predict what kind of life you’d have, who you’d end up with etc. etc. There was inevitably always two questions: 1. which do you like better, the beach or mountains and 2. […]
Southern Hemisphere Weather
Before I get started – YES, we understand that it is Fall below the Equator. But I still get a little bit of complain time over the fact that we have only had TWO days of partial sunshine for this entire trip. That’s a lot of rain and cloud cover. Now that that’s done let […]
Round Three…You Know What I’m Talking About
Just when we thought our “why-did-we-rent-a-car-in-Chile” woes were behind us we were presented with a third opportunity to cross the Andes…this time via car. Some background: After we explored the coastline past Renaca we turned inward to make our way up to Los Andes and Portillo – two mountain towns that offer spectacular views of […]
Valparaiso
Valparaiso was a welcome respite from city life and gave us our first taste of sunlight on our entire trip. What a nice change to wake up to a beautiful sunrise and clear day. We made the most of the sunniness by wandering around the old city which is full of brightly colored buildings and […]
Crossing the Andes…Round Two
So you remember our first experience with crossing the Andes in a plane? Well the second time was a bit smoother, I think it helped that it was daylight, although it was still disconcerting when the final turn was so close to the mountainside that I could see individual trees. Once we arrived in Chile […]
Whirlwind
Adam and I made a sort of pact a long time ago – that we would try to take a trip somewhere once per year. This pact has taken us to some incredible places, our 2011 trip, for instance, was Germany, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium and revisiting Paris. And then Australia happened. Which opened […]