Santiago..the start
30 Disember 2021, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
20 hours from leaving LHR..I arrived at Mercure Hotel..Santiago Centro..nothing to report…yet..apart from being very tired..as I am in quarantine..until my PCR test is returned..this one really mustBaca lagi
Quarantine..
30 Disember 2021, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
..quarantine sucks..its 30c and sunny out there..and I am in here..only till tomorrow morning..hopefully..
Cerro Santa Lucia..Santa Lucia Hill
31 Disember 2021, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Having been released by the authorities from quarantine…am now out and about..this is where the Spanish Conquistadors founded Santiago in 1541…its on a volcano..15 million years old..of course..itBaca lagi
Santiago street art
1 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
..my time in Santiago is coming to an end..an excellent NYE dinner last night..the city is very quiet today..Happy New Year to you all..lets hope 2022 brings us a finality to the CovidBaca lagi
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine
3 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
….arrived late afternoon..sans luggage..yes..LATAM mislaid my main suitcase..it has now been flown separately down to Punta Arenas..and is on its way..stressful..very..but accommodation isBaca lagi
Los Cuernos
6 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
..really day 6..as no internet last 3 days..absolutely stunning..only 14k..breaking us in gently😚
Valle del Frances
6 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
.really day 7..catching up..first glacier..10 hours trekking today..24k..everything ached by the finish 😳..but what a trek..dont think I will ever better this one..
Glacier Grey
6 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
…I have decided I love glaciers😍..our Ecocamp has been closed due to some pesky pandemic..so we are being lodged in Las Torres..a rather pleasant 4 star hotel..result I say..today was lessBaca lagi
Base Torres
7 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
..another gruelling 9 hour day trekking..22k..and this is what we came to see..the picture postcard shot of the 3 granite towers...Torres del Paine..the blue towers...from The Mirador Base de laBaca lagi
..final day in Torres del Paine
8 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
…more stunning landscapes..and a final dinner with the W trek crew..tomorrow..we disperse..to New York..Houston..Sao Paulo..Washington DC..and I move on to The Lake District…Chile style😚
Pengembara…Swoop….Patagonia..who contract some items..like logistics..to Cascada Expediciones….I booked the luxury trek…all inclusive..incl Ecocamp..but we couldn’t go there due to Covid..so had 4 nights in Las Torres Hotel..4 star..Punta Arenas now..a nondescript place..but only here to fly out later☺️
Pengembara…WOW just about sums up this trek..which is in Lonely Planet’s Chile Top 20 ..at No 1 ☺️
Puerto Montt..>>>>The Lakes District
10 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
..2 days travelling..and 2500km later….I am in Puerto Montt..with my luggage😚..this starts the next phase of this trip..lakes..rolling farmland and…volcanoes..at some point this week I hope toBaca lagi
Puerto Varas
11 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
…another travel day..here for 2 nights..the snow capped volcano across the bay is a taste of what I am doing later in the week..this isn’t the one I am climbing..but what a cool pic it is….ChileBaca lagi
Pengembara..thanks 🙏 ..I am planning trekking up the blast path of Volcan Chaiten..just sorting out the travelling to get over there...I am still 12 hours away here☺️
..planning day
12 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
..following the Torres del Paine luxury trek..I was then on my own..meaning I have to plan ahead..for transports and accommodations..and it is apparent how Covid still impacts..despite me thinking theBaca lagi
Petrohue waterfalls
13 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
..close to Volcan Osorno..which was unfortunately in much cloud today..so no picture postcard shot😔
The tariff to enter was wholly discriminatory to foreigners…double for us..and Chile seniorsBaca lagi
Chaiten
14 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
..overnight on a commercial ferry ..I’m not fussy🤣..to get to Chaiten..where the weather forecast is looking decidedly ominous for the ascent of Volcan Chaiten tomorrow😩..so..am trying to bookBaca lagi
PengembaraLet's crossing fingers for better trekking conditions and ur further plans 🤞🤞🤞
Selk’nam people
15 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
..indigenous peoples of Patagonian region....one of the last native groups in South America to be discovered by Europeans in the late 19c..they were wiped out through genocide..or being transported toBaca lagi
….only here for the volcano
15 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
It’s pretty much rained the whole time I have been here 😩..the volcano trek had already been postponed from today..but we did get a short interlude in the weather..when I went out and took theseBaca lagi
..volcano trek
16 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
…this is as far as you can go on Chaiten..as climbing the steaming lava dome isn’t recommended…the trek up the blast path was one of the most incredible journeys I have ever made...bloodyBaca lagi
Pengembara..thanks..it was absolutely incredible..tough climb up..knees were complaining🤣
..contd
16 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
..the eruption and pyroclastic flow..solidified lava pieces..volcanic ash and hot gases..in 2008..wiped out everything in its path..trees were snapped like matches..the lava dome remains..thats theBaca lagi
..a Pacific Ocean sunrise
17 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
..a travelling day..left Chaiten on Naviera Austral..my fav overnight ferry service..bound for Puerto Montt..and got some sunrise pics..which I think are pretty cool..
And..its my birthday..that wasBaca lagi
Valparaiso..Queen Room…with Seaview
18 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
14 hours overnight bus to get here..with 1st class airline type seats..and...I got what I ordered..with a hulking great ship..from my 7th floor view 🤣..love it..
…well..I am in a port city-halfBaca lagi
..beer
18 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
..its so important to quickly establish a good purveyor of beer in any new city one visits..I found this place quite quickly..and they were insistent I try as many as I could😝..have returned to myBaca lagi
Valparaiso
19 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
…syncopated,dilapidated,colourful and poetic..Valparaiso is a wonderful mess..just look at that main picture..you have commerce..tourists..and the Armada de Chile..all in one shot.
No sooner hadBaca lagi
Ciao..Chile🇨🇱👋
20 Januari 2022, Chile ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
It’s time for me to depart this wonderful country..
On BA250 ..in an hour...G-ZBKK..Boeing 787..a direct overnight flight to LDN
...some stats from the trip..
18500 miles travelled..three quartersBaca lagi
PengembaraThat I call a global player - have a safe trip and a perfect start into next year - looking forward for your stories 🧿🌈😊