What to say about the Chilean Patagonia except that it’s absolutely breathtaking scenery draws you in. We weren’t even going to go due to the high cost of everything there. We will never regret going! We made it to Puerto Natales, Chile where we rented a car, secured an AirBNB and got ready to drive […]
Penguins, penguins, and more penguins are the theme of this gallery. We took the Malinka Ferry from the Tres Puentes Ferry Port in Punta Arenas, Chile to Isla Magdalena to see the Magellanic Penguins roosting. This island boasts over 65,000 nesting, mating, and waddling pairs. That’s way over 100,000. This is a protected area for […]
After making our way from Northern Chile, spending some time in Santiago, Vina Del Mar, and Renaca we flew down to the Chilean Patagonia to Punta Arenas, Chile. Punta Arenas is one of the furthermost cities in Chile and the hub exploring the Magellan Straits, Magdalena Island, and Tierra Del Fuego. The first thing we […]
Some of the differences between high and low altitude cities include; air temperature, ease of breathing, and humidity. Coming from under developed Peru to Northern Chile was a change that was more than just altitude related. First off, the spanish Chileans speak is simply different and much more difficult to understand. The cuisine is vastly […]
Here we are in Northern Chile. Ahhhh… a new country, new attitude and new altitude. After scuttling about Peru in the highlands for weeks, breathing in the paper-thin air, scorching our skin in the thin ozone of the Andes and feeling our hearts beating in our necks far too frequently, we are now at sea […]
Lake Titicaca and Puno, Peru is the highest navigable lake in the world and we navigated it to the floating islands of the Uros people. We arrived at Puno on the lake and immediately felt the altitude. At approximately 12,500 feet, it’s higher than Cusco was…. yet flat, unlike Cusco. The air was still thin […]
Lake Titicaca and the Floating Islands of Puno, Peru along with the Uros people, were one of the highlights of Peru. We like Peru, however the constant commercialization of the country was less in Puno… much less. This made walking down the street, (except for the walking street…still pretty hawkerish) actually enjoyable. We arrived on […]
Pinkuylluna and Ollantaytambo ruins were some wonderful ruins to see. Ollantaytambo is a small village of only around 700-1000 inhabitants in the south of Peru. Its located in the Sacred Valley not too far from Machu Picchu. The draw of this small town is that there is actually a ruin that is free to visit […]
The Sacred Valley and Ollantaytambo were suggested to us by a guy we met in Arequipa. We had never heard of Ollantaytambo (O-yahn-tay-tom-bow) and can barely say it at times. However, after spending some time in Cusco we were ready to get out of the town of tourism, hawkers and inflated prices to a place […]
Cusco, Plaza De Armas, San Blas and the Wild Rover Hostel are the highlights for us in Cusco. Cusco, Peru… an ancient town that was founded in 1100, held the Incan Capital, Gateway to the Sacred Valley and town of incessant sales people bugging you to no end. We arrived and stayed at the Wild […]