with our patagonia flag toques!

perito moreno and torres del paine!

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February 17th 2011
WOW! what a week is has been! we survived our 27 hour bus ride down argentina and made it to el calafate. it was a long one but i made the best of it by sleeping for around 20 hours of it... apparently i needed the sleep? el calafate was a nice little town its main attraction is the perito moreno glacier and what an attraction it is! it is the only glacier in the world that is actually advanci ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Puerto Natales

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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