We rose early today and drove north across town towards the Punta Arenas ferry terminal.  There we had a date with the Transbordadora Austral Broom “Crux Australis” to sail across the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego and the town of Porvenir.  We’d been staring at Tierra del Fuego from the shores of Punta […]

In light of the terrible earthquake (8.8 magnitude) that shook central Chile this morning, I thought I’d write a post to let everyone know that we are fine.  We did not feel the earthquake here because we are about 1200 miles away in Punta Arenas.  Punta Arenas is located on the Strait of Magellan between […]

Sometimes it can be really windy here!  As an example of how strong the Patagonian winds can be, Mango was physically blown across the parking lot today.  It happened while we stopped to say hi to a German couple with a VW Eurovan in the trailhead parking lot of Torres del Paine National Park.  It […]

Hi everybody!  Sorry it’s been such a long time since our last post!  We’re still on the road and doing well.  We are currently in El Calafate, Argentina.  Mango is cruising along as dutifully as ever.  We spent 3 weeks driving from Chaiten, Chile south on the Carretera Austral (Chile’s southern highway) to Villa O’Higgins.  […]

Lake Titikaka or Titicaca as it is spelled in Bolivia is the largest lake in South America.  It is surrounded by enormous mountains and sits at an elevation of 12,500 feet.  It is very clean, a crystal blue that reaches 144 miles long and 60 miles wide. The lake and specifically the Island […]

Day 354, 14240 miles (February 1, 2009)

We arrived in Puno on Lake Titikaka on the day of the celebration for the Virgin of Candelaria.  There were loads of indigenous people walking in the streets in their colorful local outfits.  There was to be a parade later in the day, so we bought tickets for […]

Day 353,  14219 miles (January 31, 2009)

Today was a very good day.  We were fortunate to interact with some very interesting people, including several groups of local people.  We talked with them a bit about their lives and practiced our Spanish.  Today’s adventure actually began last night when we checked into the Hotel Lumonsa in […]