This is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 Greetings from Floreana Island, a middle-aged island at just over 2 million years of age. This island was the first capital of the Galapagos. The reason we were there was to hike to a small brackish lagoon where we found over 100…
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This is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 Greetings from Española, the southernmost and one of the oldest of the Galápagos Islands. As appears to be the daily program, there are generally three activities during the day, in two different locations. Today we made two stops: Gardner Bay, a nearly…
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This is part of a series called Chile 2019 After leaving Rapa Nui, we spent a very short night at the Santiago Airport before flying off to Calama in Northern Chile — the nearest airport to San Pedro de Atacama. We had heard that they were getting some rain, which is not unusual for the…
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This is part of a series called Chile 2019 After the wind, cold, and beauty of Patagonia, we headed back to the steaminess of Santiago for a few days, both to do a bit more touring and to watch the Super Bowl. It got up to about 95 degrees in the afternoon so even with…
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This is part of a series called Chile 2019 After a very “hot” time in Santiago, we were ready for some cooler weather. And we definitely got it when we arrived in Cohaique, the capital city of the province of the same name, in the Aysén Region of Patagonia. This area is surrounded by snow-covered…
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This is part of a series called Chile 2019 After a nearly nine hour flight from Mexico City (blessedly uneventful), we arrived in Santiago. The airport is about ten miles out of the city and luckily we arrived at 6:00 am and got into the city before rush hour began. Our home for our five…
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