Experiencing the Uyuni desert

After the initial skepticism regarding the weather, it turned out the be a really good day. As all 3-day tours we first left for the old train cemetery from the 19th century when the trains were usedもっと詳しく
After the initial skepticism regarding the weather, it turned out the be a really good day. As all 3-day tours we first left for the old train cemetery from the 19th century when the trains were usedもっと詳しく
We had to get up somewhat early but the night in the salt hotel was very comfortable.
We first had to drive for a couple of hours but were rewarded in the way with beautiful landscapes, vicuñas,もっと詳しく
Having reached Chile via our Bolivian desert trip, we decided to avoid the overly expensive hostels and hotels and... take out the tent again :-) we found an inexpensive camp ground with goodもっと詳しく
We arrived in Santiago in the afternoon of the 24th to spend the Christmas holidays in this beautiful city. 🌴🎄🌵
The flight and arrival in Santiago was easy enough. After checking in to theもっと詳しく
We enjoyed a great breakfast in our boutique hotel today (which kept us going for the whole day) :-)
The plan for today was first to go and fix Bertram’s MacBook. We undertook the journey by bus,もっと詳しく
We spent our last 1.5 days in Santiago (at least for now before returning in January) with the following activities:
- visiting museums, especially the human rights museum covering the Pinochetもっと詳しく
We had a mixed day at Punta Arenas today.
First, it was a really windy, wintery day today with wind speeds of up to 80kph. Plus horizontal rain 🌧 Better get used to it is what the locals sayもっと詳しく
We were up early for a full-day tour to Tierra del Fuego to visit the Penguins :-) (Bertram is back to birding ;-))
It was a nice excursion, though a lot of sitting in the car. Apart from theもっと詳しく
We spent today travelling a lot. We left behind the crowds of hikers who want to visit Torres del Paine National Park and instead moved north-east (towards Argentina) to our next destinations: theもっと詳しく
After sitting on the bus all day yesterday, we were both reared to get up and going and finally do some hiking again.
Our “target” today was Mount Moyano. There weren’t too many good optionsもっと詳しく