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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


Beautiful desolation
Chile never seems to end. We keep driving north, in this incredibly long, stick-shaped country (today we logged 385 kilometers), but...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 18, 20252 min read


Beachside chillin'
Slower day than usual today. The sun, the wind, the long distances traveled are taking a bit of a toll on our aging bodies, so our...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 18, 20251 min read


See the Chile few people dare to visit.
Another day of amazing sights. We started our journey earlier than usual today. We knew we had at least a three-hour drive to our...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 16, 20253 min read


A bird's eye view of our day...
Oh what a trip! Yesterday we drove a couple of hours north to explore a marine park we had heard much about, and for good reason. The...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 15, 20253 min read


Feeling like we are on vacation, at last!!
Well, here we are with our first blog from Chile. Full day today, which took us to several towns scattered along the very scenic Elqui...
Alberto Rizzotti
Jan 13, 20252 min read


Tunis, a city built on the ruins of Carthage.
And also this vacation has come to an end. Our last few days have been quite demanding. We drove from Tozeur to Tunis, the capital....
Alberto Rizzotti
Oct 12, 20242 min read


In a galaxy far, far away...
Our last day in Tozeur was also rich with excitement. We hired a driver to take us into the Sahara with a 4x4, since our car could not...
Alberto Rizzotti
Oct 8, 20242 min read


Border towns and oasis galore.
A full day today for sure. Early breakfast at the lodge, then an hour drive west to the town of Chbika. On the way we saw several camels...
Alberto Rizzotti
Oct 7, 20242 min read


Tozeur, a city at the edge of the Sahara.
I feel so bad that the pictures we took on Thursday, when we explored the north side of Djerba, did not turn out because I was...
Alberto Rizzotti
Oct 6, 20242 min read
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