Adiós Chile!

Adiós Chile!

Chile was a very special country for me because I have been wanting to come here forever and I had extremely high expectations. Before writing this blog I spent quite a bit of time thinking about what to write about Chile- what it is that sums up this country for me....
Punto Arenas

Punto Arenas

Punto Arenas was our final destination in Chile and although it is quite a pretty place it was relatively uneventful for us. The main tourist attractions in the city are the penguins and the cheap duty free shopping. Because we had already seen penguins in Perú and by...
RIP backpack

RIP backpack

As every backpacker knows travelling gypsy style is very different from the normal style and one grows very attached to one’s backpack. It’s a central part of the journey and gets repacked on almost a daily basis. I bought my backpack about seven years ago...
Torres del Paine

Torres del Paine

The biggest attraction in southern Chile, Torres del Paine, is a Unesco Biosphere reserve and quoted by many as the finest national park in South America. Clearly we had to see what all the fuss is about. We made our way across the border to Puerto Natales, the...