Hiking in Torres del Paine: mirador Cuernos, Condor and Base las Torres
My main goal in Patagonia was hiking the “W” (a 5-day trek) in Torres del Paine. Unfortunately, we only started planning the Patagonia leg of our trip in…
Puerto Montt: Puerto Varas, Osorno, Petrohue and Chiloé
We spent the Christmas period in the coastal city of Puerto Montt. In accordance with Norwegian Christmas traditions, we took 3 days off to celebrate. During the other…
A visit to magical and mysterious Easter Island
Easter Island is officially part of Chile, and is located in the middle of the pacific ocean. It’s one of the most remote places on the planet. Mainland…
Mendoza & Cordoba
After our 5 day trip to Valparaiso, we travelled to Mendoza, Argentina. We crossed the border at Los Libertadores, which was a very easy and straightforward border crossing.…
Valparaíso: Chile’s street art heaven
Our next destination in Chile (after Santiago) was the colourful city of Valparaíso. Valparaíso is located in the west of Chile, on the Pacific coast. We took a…
Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Chile, the capital city, was our second big stop in Chile. Because it takes more than 24 hours to get there by bus from San Pedro,…
San Pedro de Atacama
On Nov. 1 we crossed the border between Bolivia and Chile, after visiting the Salar de Uyuni. Our first stop in Chile was San Pedro de Atacama, a…
5 things to know before going to Bolivia
We spent the last month travelling through Bolivia. We entered the country in Copacabana and left again after visiting Salar de Uyuni. Four weeks is enough time to…
Salar de Uyuni
After an 8 hour bus ride from Sucre, we finally arrived in Uyuni. From the minute we entered the “city”, it was clear it was only built for…
Sucre: La Ciudad Blanca
Sucre is Bolivia’s official capital and is an extremely charming city. We really enjoyed our time in Sucre, even though we were staying in the most horrible hostel…