The Journey So Far
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Carretera Austral – The Road to Futaleufu
Begun in 1976 under the direction of then dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, Chile’s legendary Carretera Austral ( Route, or in Spanish “Ruta”, 7 ) is considered one of the country’s most ambitious infrastructure projects. Prior to its construction most of Chile’s...
The Chilean Lakes District
From Los Angeles ( Chile ) the Lakes District was only a few hours drive south. Long, straight, smooth highways almost all the way made for an effortless drive, first to Villarrica, and then on to Pucon. Two of the gems in the Chilean Lakes District these two towns...
Reunited With Our Rig
Vina Del Mar had been a great place to transition back in to Chilean life. Beautiful warm days, excellent shopping, and - I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention it - incredibly hospitable hotel staff. They simply could not do enough for us and all commented on how thrilled...
Return to Chile
Please excuse the MacArthur-like analogy but, 1 year, 7 months and 14 days after beating a hasty retreat from Chile in the face of a global pandemic, finally we “have returned” ! Never in our wildest thoughts ( back in March 2020 ) did we expect we would be away that...
It’s Been A Year !
“How time flies” as the old adage goes. If you can believe it, this coming week it will have been fully a year that has passed since we hurriedly packed up some necessities, stored our truck/camper in a little town outside Santiago, and jumped on the next plane to...
The Walls Close In – Exit From Chile
What a difference a week makes. In fact, really just a a couple of days.......Throughout the Covid 19 crisis to date both of us had remained resolute that we would carry on and see this through fully expecting to be asked to voluntarily self quarantine at some point...
