Chile

  One of the (many) pitfalls of not speaking Spanish is that even if you accidentally turn up at the station two hours early, it’s still possible to miss your…

Easter Island was completely different to the way I imagined. After Chiloé and the Tierra Del Fuega I’d become a little wary of islands, but Easter Island (or Rapa Nui)…

Rainy days on Chiloé We decided to break up our journey from Mulchen to Chiloe by spending a night in Puerto Montt. Puerto Montt is a port city that rests…

Mulchén Main Street at sunset   The 6th day of our trip saw us venturing to new pastures, taking the 8 hour bus journey down to Mulchén in the Bío…

Caption: The dusty road to the haciendas  However, charming appearances aside, it was not the paradise we had romantically expected as we planned this trip. I should probably preface this…

Traveling from South Africa to Chile is, in hindsight, a relatively uncomplicated process. We flew with Qatar so had to go via Doha, more than doubling the length of our…