After parking Shujaa directly at Santiago Airport and sleeping there for one night for the early departure next morning, we head for the five-hour…
Category: Landscapes
Mendoza: Deep canyons, high passes in andes and lovely vineyards
After Shujaa and we had recovered from the three-day nightmare experience at the Laguna Llancanelo, had done a few repairs and carried out an…
Along the Patagonian Atlantic coast to the north
During our drive from Tierra del Fuego along the Atlantic coast to the north, we learn what on the one hand an extreme wind…
Tierra del Fuego: the southernmost point of our trip around the world
One thing we can already say for sure - after nearly 2 months of our trip around the world we have reached a first…
Torres del Paine: Amazing piece of landscape
After two quiet days on the Lago Roca near the Perito Moreno glacier and a great asado on an over 100 year old Estancia,…
Back to Patagonian Argentina: Monstrous glaciers and a lot of wind
About the tiny Passo Roballos we drive again into Argentina. The track is very small. Both the Chilean and Argentinean border crossings resemble a…
Carretera Austral: Dream road with volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls and flipped over trucks
In the morning we drive from our night ferry, which has brought us from the island of Chiloé to the northern beginning of the…
The island of Chiloe, the first loss of material and the end of the Panamericana
We take a ferry to the island of Chiloe, known for its wooden churches, stilt houses (palafitos) and shingle-clad buildings. This is where the…
The Chilean Lake District with its volcanoes
From the Chilean Andes with their cold rain forests we drive to the sea to the lively port city of Valdivia - suddenly we…