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Santiago. The beating heart of the nation.
Santiago today: Sunny, 94 degrees. We walked, and we walked, but it wasn’t too bad. In the shade it was breezy and comfortable, in the...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 27, 20252 min read


Great picnic spot
Quick post today. We made it to Santiago, where we’ll be over the next couple of days. We arrived in town at rush hour and to reach our...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 26, 20251 min read


Rolling along...
I wanted to post this only because I’d like to stay on the schedule of posting every day or every other day but, although we’ve been to...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 25, 20252 min read


Out of Patagonia
Goodbye Patagonia. Our first ferry (a 5-hour ride from Caleta Gonzalo to Pichicolo) left right on time at 5PM. At sunset, from our ferry...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 23, 20252 min read


Futaleufu. Rafters beware!!!
Yesterday we took a long detour to the town of Futaleufu, claiming to be the world’s premiere river rafting destination. Not that either...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 21, 20251 min read


Retracing our steps
Turnaround time. We have decided that Puerto Tranquilo should be the furthest point south of our journey. Window view of the town from...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 19, 20252 min read


Puerto Tranquilo is a gem
We last wrote from Puerto Aysen. It’s ironic that Terry, my sister-in-law, had made a comment on our last post about a salmon on sale in...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 17, 20252 min read


360 degrees of magnificence
Let’s start with a bit of history. Chilean Patagonia was inhabited only by local indigenous people until the early 1900s. In 1935, Chile...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 15, 20253 min read


Patagonia on stand-by
Let’s start with yesterday. We spent our last day in Puerto Varas and took the opportunity to go halfway up Volcan Osorno. What an...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 13, 20253 min read


In the land of fire and ice.
Our drive to the most southern part of the region called Sur Chico took about four hours, mostly on a tollway. It led us to a town called...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 11, 20252 min read


We are in love with Pucón!!
I was able to get my phone fixed in the town of Villarrica, where we are currently housed. Lakeside in Villarica, with the ever-present...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 9, 20252 min read


Chile: The South
We have run into a couple of difficulties. Nothing major, to reassure you, but the worst is possibly the fact that I have broken my cell...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 7, 20252 min read


Middle Chile, wine country.
We have begun our journey to the South of this extremely long country. Today’s journey brought us to a veritable Vineyard Haven. This is...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 5, 20252 min read


Valparaiso, an assault on the senses.
Yes, we are still alive. While you were enjoying our whirlwind, demanding trip to Bolivia, we were busy retracing our way back to Central...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 3, 20252 min read


Salar de Uyuni. Wow!!
The thought of waking up at 3:30am so that we could go see the sunrise two hours later was disturbing, especially considering how arduous...
Alberto Rizzotti
Feb 1, 20252 min read


Forgotten towns of Bolivia
After a sound night’s sleep, we started our day more refreshed, and start-time was not until 8 AM. But the best part was that we...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 30, 20252 min read


Bolivia kicks butt!!
Man, what a day! This has been the most exhausting day to-date. Alarm at 5AM, pick up at the hotel at 5:50. We had to go through an...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 29, 20252 min read


Never been so high.
We spent the entire day in town yesterday. This place has such a chill vibe; it makes you quickly realize why it has become so popular...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 24, 20252 min read


A haunting experience
We left Iquique and took a different route south from the coastal one we had traveled on just a few days ago. Route 5, unlike Route 1,...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 22, 20254 min read


Exploring history...
Hello again, I skipped a day as it was basically all driving, although the Pacific coastal scenery and the general environment were...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 20, 20253 min read
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