Author: Chip
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City Exploration, Panoramic Views, and Unexpected Surprises: A Tale of Santiago and Buenos Aires
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JohnS did some exploring of the city, taking in a historical walking tour while JG visited the the 64 story, 300 metres high Gran Torre Santiago providing panoramic views of the city and beyond. The suggestion is that this represents the growing economy of the country. Certainly in the section…
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Bolivia and Salar de Uyuni – Day 3
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It’s 5am, the cars are loaded and we are heading off in the pitch dark to the lake. Of course, because there is no light pollution here, the night sky is absolutely amazing. Jam-packed with stars to the extent that there is hardly a space between them and shooting stars…
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Bolivia and Salar de Uyuni – Day 2
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After breakfast at 7am we loaded the cars and headed off on the adventure for day 2. This was a day of visiting more lakes and rock formations. Clearly the area has been subject to a great deal of volcanic activity over past millennia and the shapes of the volcanoes…
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Bolivia and Salar de Uyuni – el ultimo dia
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5am and I am looking around the village in the early morning light. There is electricity to the various houses, many with earth floors, and I am wondering what they do for heating. There is a general absence of chimneys on the houses and there are no trees in the…
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Bolivia and Salar de Uyuni
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An early start this morning and a pick-up time of 7.30am where we joined several others in a transfer coach which took us up to the border with Bolivia. When I say ‘up’, I do mean up, as it was a constant climb all the way to the border. Despite…
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San Pedro de Atacama
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Flying into Santiago de Chile across the impressively high peaks of the Andes was quite a surprise. Coming from the rich, verdant and multi-rivers of Argentina to what, from the air, appeared an almost barren, brown landscape. Some terracing on mountain slopes suggested vineyards. Having become accustomed to the virtually…
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Iguazú
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A short flight of 2 hours takes us from Buenos Aires domestic airport to the city of Puerta Iguazú and the opportunity to visit the famous Iguazú falls. The guide books do indicate that you are likely to get wet visiting, they didn’t mention that it also seems to rain…
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Uruguay
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Heading to Uruguay via Buquebus at the ferry terminal. Check in is recommended 2 hours before departure and arriving in good time meant that we were able to go through passport control (Argentinian and Uruguayan) quickly and smoothly. Many people were travelling and the ferry was pretty full. We wanted…
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Exploring Buenos Aires
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Day 2 and we need to see some of the city and it’s delights. The most inexpensive way to get around for the three of us is by Uber, they are so cheap it’s crazy not to and the city is big! We started the day at Plaza de Mayo,…
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Day 1
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So, after 11 hours we touch down in Rio de Janeiro. It was only at check-in that we realised this ‘direct’ flight had passengers getting off and on in Rio. A change of crew and a cleaned up plane we set off on the final 2 1/2 hours to Buenos…