Due to our flights we ended up having a full week on Easter Island (Rapa Nui to the locals) which I was thrilled about. We rented a cute little room with an outside kitchen and it would be the first time in 4 months that I would be in one room for longer than 4 … More Journey of Easter Island, Chile: A week relaxing with ancient moai

In Santiago two of the things we were excited to do was to visit a Chilean winery and to go skiing. When we arrived the gentlemen at our hostel said that the snow near Santiago was pretty bad that year and that if we really wanted to ski we should go 6 hours south to … More Journey of Chillan, Chile: Our favorite misadventure

So I am embarrassed to say that I spent about 36 hours in Santiago, an amazing city with several visit worthy surrounding towns, and the only thing I saw was my hotel and shopping malls. When we arrived on the first afternoon after our 28-hour bus ride we showered and headed right to the LATAM … More Journey of Santiago, Chile: Shopping malls and hostels

After getting dropped off at the border of Chile we took an hour transfer to the closest town, San Pedro de Atacama. The town from the outskirts were the bus left us did not look like much. Jon and I were back and forth about whether to stay for a night or get heading right … More Journey of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile: The wild west