Valparaiso is one of Chile’s most important ports. Most of the goods being imported and exported from the country go through here. Upon arriving here Thursday night, I hunted down a place to stay for the night. I ended up finding a place on top of one of the hills of Valparaiso. After getting my…
Punta Arenas
Mental note….next time I travel, check if the country I´m going to has any holidays when I´m going to be there and make sure that I plan accordingly. I travelled from Torres del Paine to Punta Arenas on Oct 31 and was able to find a place to stay for two nights without a problem. …
I have an illness…
Whether we like it or not, we tend to pick up habits from our parents. Growing up, my dad always said that when we were on vacation that we only ate two meals a day, breakfast and dinner. I still don´t know why this was. It might have been because he was cheap or thrify…
Torres del Paine
I just spent 4 days hiking around Torres del Paine one of the national parks in southern Chile. The place was amazing! I woke up early Friday morning to catch the bus from Puerto Natales to the park. After arriving at the park, I had to make a transfer to another bus that would take…
Navimag
For the past four days I´ve been on the Navimag ferry traveling from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales. What an experience! I have so many stories to tell and pictures to show. Unfortunately I´m not going to type it all out here, so I´ll put in a few highlights. First in Puerto Montt, I met…
The bike ride
After walking around Pucon, I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to just hang out in the town all afternoon. I would want to go do something, even though I was quite tired (sleeping on a bus as nice as it was just didn’t cut it). At my hotel I asked about tours…
Boat delayed!
I was kind of disappointed with my last post. I was in a rush to write something and get out of the Internet cafe before I had to pay more money that I didn’t have. Now I have more time to write about some of my experiences thus far. Because of weather, the ferry has…
¿Donde estoy?
Estoy aqui! Mom and Dad you can quit checking your email every 5 minutes! I´m here and I´m ok. To everyone else, I´m here and I´m ok. Where is here you might ask, well currently I´m in Pucon, but will be leaving shortly for Puerto Montt. So what all have I been doing up to…
T-minus 45 hours and counting
So in 48 hours I’ll be in a plane on my way to Santiago. I packed tonight and had a time of stress. My sleeping bag took up almost half of my pack! I decided to ditch my sleeping bag and that I’ll rent one when I need it. I do have a number of…
Next Trip….Chile
So it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything about my travels. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been traveling. It’s just that I haven’t had much to write about for these travels. They have been mostly weekend trips to Pittsburgh, San Francisco, San Antonio, Wichita, and Austin. I’m finally planning my next trip though! I’m off…