Half way home
28 января 2019 г., South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Crossing the Drake Passage - relatively calm (compared to way down). Things a bit boring - Joanne’s done some handicrafts!!
Back in Ushuaia
30 января 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Got back into Ushuaia this morning. Very wobbly on our feet!! Feels like we’re still at sea!! Said goodbye to our chummies Scott and Fifi who flew off to BA. Walked for miles into town and up toЧитать далее
Climbing Cerro Guanaco
31 января 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Spent today in the National Park a few miles out of Ushuaia. Had a pretty dry day and climbed Cerro Guanaco and saw our first guanacos (llama look alike). Nice day out - sore legs now!!
Arrived in El Calafate
1 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Arrived into El Calafate this morning. Krikey it has grown since we were last here! Beautiful blue skies and getting considerably warmer. My vegetarian dinner wasn’t quite what I was expecting!!Читать далее
Arrived in El Chalten at our Ecodomes
2 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Drove in our crappy Chevy Joy from Calafate to El Chalten in the mountains. Picked up two Russian hitchhikers on the way. 17km further on dirt roads led to our Glamping Ecodomes. Boiling during theЧитать далее
Cerro Torre
3 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Cracking day up the hill! Weather is amazing - 28 degs at 6pm. Went up to Maestri’s base camp - last time was 27 years ago!!
Lago Piedras Blancas
4 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Woke up to another cloudless sky. After our long walk to Cerro Torre on Sunday we went out for a short walk which turned out to be a bit longer than I planned!! Hotter than hell but fabulous views!!Читать далее
Lago de Los Tres
5 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Last day at Fitzroy so we headed up to a high lake under Cerro Fitzroy. Another beautiful day but weather was getting much more windy and cloudy by the end of the day. We’ve certainly been keepingЧитать далее
Leaving Fitzroy and going to Bariloche
6 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
After an early start from the Ecodomes we headed back to Calafate and got our flight to Bariloche. Saw a few guanacos on the way back from El Chalten. Arrived in Bariloche and was met by Ed at theЧитать далее
Bariloche
7 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Had a lovely day with Ed, Audrey and family in Bariloche ending with an asado in their garden. Great to see them all again after 27 years!
Heading for Chile
8 февраля 2019 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
A long and boring 8 hour day on the bus from Bariloche to Puerto Montt in Chile. Highlight was spotting Mount Osorno, an active volcano en route.
Atacama Desert (or mudpie)
9 февраля 2019 г., Чили ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Checked in at Puerto Montt airport and found we had our own check in desk😂. Two flights later and we arrive in The Atacama desert - the driest place on the planet but unfortunately they have hadЧитать далее
Plan B
10 февраля 2019 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
The sun has come out and things are beginning to dry out. However there are still no tours being allowed out of town yet. The forecast for the Bolivian side continues to be wet so we have decided toЧитать далее
Leaving Atacama for Santiago
12 февраля 2019 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Left San Pedro and headed for Santiago. Weather was hot hot in Santiago so resigned to sitting by the pool
Santiago to Mendoza
13 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Got a flight to Mendoza in Argentina - renowned for wine and beef! Just what I was looking for - steaks the size of small cars!! Heading to Mt. Aconcagua to get some much needed exercise....
Cerro Aconcagua
15 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Drove 180 km from Mendoza to Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the world outside of the Himalayas. Fabulous road up and the hike up to the base camp was incredible - altitude at 3400 m didn’t seemЧитать далее
Aconcagua day 2
16 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Interesting night in a rather run down ski lodge in Los Penitentes (near Aconcagua) - did a bit more exploring of the area and then headed back down to Mendoza in our very very small car!
Wine Tasting in Mendoza
18 февраля 2019 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Mendoza is the largest region for the production of wine in Latin America and we did our best to sample as much of it as we possibly could and had a jolly nice time doing it
Mendoza to Valparaiso (Chile)
19 февраля 2019 г., Чили ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Headed off from Mendoza and flew past Aconcagua on the way to Santiago. Hired a car in Santiago and now down on the coast in the town of Valparaiso - a quirky and a bit edgy place. Here for a coupleЧитать далее
Valparaiso and Santiago
22 февраля 2019 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
More exploration of Valparaiso and then on to Santiago. Santiago is really a beautiful city and the weather is fantastic.
El Morado Glacier
24 февраля 2019 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Back into the Andes today - took a guided trip from Santiago to a glacier about 2 hrs drive away. Nice hike and I got a chance to try local drink on the way back - Moto con Huesillo - wouldn’tЧитать далее
Last Pisco in Santiago
26 февраля 2019 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Our last day and last Pisco Sour in Santiago.



























































































































ПутешественникIt all looks fantastic, fabulous pictures. Joanne was always very good at crafts!
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Remarkable when do you go into business? Jx