Posts in Category: South America
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Moais of Rapa Nui
In the last post from this unparalleled trip to Chile with Adventures Abroad our group reached our final destination, Rapa Nui, aka Easter Island. In that post I wrote about everything on the island except the main reason we were there, to see the giant statues known as moais that are unique to Rapa Nui. […]
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Rapa Nui – Here at Last
Alison and I originally signed up for Adventures Abroad’s extensive Chile trip before Covid and when trips to Chile resumed after Covid there was no guarantee that the Rapa Nui would be included so we decided to wait. That was hard – Rapa Nui has been right up there with the Pyramids, Angkor Wat and […]
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El Tatio Geysers – Highest in the World
In the last post from this epic trip to Chile with Adventures Abroad we ventured into the driest place on Earth outside of Antarctica, the Atacama desert and found a landscape that was almost surreal in its transcendent beauty. Day two in Atacama will feature a visit to the El Tatio geyser field which is […]
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Atacama Desert – Chile’s Arid Wonderland
In my introductory post on the Adventures Abroad Chile trip, I emphasized what I called the big three – Torres del Paine, the Atacama Desert and Easter Island as being the quintessence of this amazing country. Well Torres del Paine certainly lived up to its star billing and in this and the next post we’ll […]
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San Rafael Glacier & Aiken Park
This is my eighth post from the March, 2024 trip to Chile with Adventures Abroad led by champion empanada eater and all round great guy, Chris Tripodi. In the last post we cruised the waters of Lago Todos dos Santos and enjoyed the lovely German architecture of Puerto Varas in the Patagonian Lake District. After […]
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Patagonia Lake District – Volcanos, Waterfalls & Pudus
This is my seventh post from the March 2024 trip to Chile with Adventures Abroad. In the last post we visited the first of what I deemed to be the big three on this trip, Torres del Paine National Park and it far exceeded even my very high expectations for these famed mountains. From there […]
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Torres del Paine – There is Nothing Like It
In my introductory post on the Adventures Abroad trip to Chile in the spring of 2024 I highlighted the big three as I called them – Torres del Paine, Atacama and Easter Island. After flying to Punta Arenas and driving the End of the World Highway we arrived at the first of them, Torres del […]
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Punta Arenas and The End of the World Highway
This is my fifth post from the fall 2024 tour of Chile with Adventures Abroad. Since I’m writing this in June, 2024 that seems like a rather absurd statement since fall is over three months away – so what am I, a psychic? Not at all. One of the things about travelling on the other […]
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Vina Santa Rita – Tasting Chile’s Wines
In the last post from the Adventures Abroad Chile tour we travelled to the UNESCO World Heritage city of Valparaiso where we had a great walking tour followed by a great seafood meal in Vina de Mar. On the way there and back from Santiago we passed by a number of wineries in the Casablanca […]