Advertisement
« previous next »
The Train Ride to the End of the World  
   

The Train Ride to the End of the World

Well that’s how it’s billed. Built by convicts in C19. to keep them busy, it is a short ride across rugged countryside to its terminus at the Beagle Channel.
Around The Horn

March 2nd 2024
Literally a holiday within a holiday. We took 20 days out of our winter stay in Mexico to take a cruise from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Valparaiso, Chile With a couple of days at each end for some additional touring. Rounding Cape Horn was a highlight for us. Also having travelled from the Arctic Circle (Iceland) almost to Antarctica within a year. A reminder that this works best if you to ... read more
South America » Chile

Chilean Flag Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more
Advertisement
Tot: 0.281s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 4; qc: 27; dbt: 0.0446s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb