After leaving Valparaiso and taking a bus back to Santiago for a late night flight to Lima, we spent the rest of the night sleeping on benches at the Lima airport waiting for our 5:25AM flight to Cusco. Actually, it was even worse than that, because we had to wait about two hours, until 2AM, before the domestic terminal opened, meaning we had to stay up until about 4AM body time (accounting for ...
Update from Valparaíso
I know we've been a bit lax about posting, but we've got several stories in the works. Our otherwise wonderful hotel in Valparaiso has a very weak and unstable internet connection, so I can only write something brief until we find an internet cafe or restaurant to post more. Some of our recent experiences include: Flood cleanup, cemetaries and Croatian teahouses in Punta Arenas The Museum ...
Highlights from Hiking Torres del Paine
Cassie and I finished our 4 day "W" trek in Chile's Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. For both of us, this hike involved doing more than we initially thought we could. Neither of us are experienced trekkers, but we made it. Our feet really took a beating over 65 km (~40 miles) that included a lot of rocky terrain, but in the end, it was totally worth it! And for our reward, we got to take in ...
Travel Tip: Carry Your Hotel’s Card in Your Wallet
Here’s a quick story from our time in Easter Island. Kari from Norway decided to take an ATV up the volcano on her visit to the Orongo Petroglyphs and Rano Kau crater. About halfway along the bumpy ride up the hill, she realized she hadn’t fully closed her backpack, and that many of her belongings, including her wallet, had scattered across the countryside. She searched frantically for hours ...
Easter Island: Day By Day
We recognize that our last post on Easter Island was a little light on details about what exactly we've seen and done so I wanted to write more about the actual experiences we've had, the things we've seen and learned. It’s hard to put into writing what this place is like because it’s unlike anywhere I've ever been. There are some times that it felt like Hawaii, other times like the indigenous ...
Thoughts from the Santiago Airport
After nearly 4 days on Easter Island, and the past 24 hours in Santiago, I find myself waiting for a flight and thinking about what we’ve seen so far. While I think it might be hard to come up with two places more different from each other than Santiago and Easter Island, the common string that stands out most to me is how friendly everyone has been to us along our way, from the native Rapanui ...
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