March 2013
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Week 44: Desert days and starry nights
Since travel days are always better when starting out with a full tummy, we filled our plates from the elegant and diverse offering at the hotel buffet, ate, and went back to fill-up again. With a selection of exotic fruit, locally made honey, 3 kinds of yogurt, waffles, muffins, and eggs a la carte, how could we resist? Leaving Santiago, we discussed what an easy, friendly and Toronto-like city...
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Week 43: Cultural Explorations on Chile's Coast
Another change in the weather indicated it was, again, our time to move on. A detour and dirt road and we arrived at the small Puerto Natales airport. A seasonal short haul gateway to TDP and a welcome alternative to the extra driving time down to Punta Arenas.  He rolled in totally exasperated and dismounted his road bike at the Sky Airlines checkin desk. The click-clack of his clip-in shoes...
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Week 42: Trekking around TDP
With the prospect of an early wakeup followed by an 18 km hike - Hil opted for a ‘self-directed’ morning consisting of a sleep in, private brunch with Javier and some yurt time, you know, just hurting out.  The others - Dave, Tracy, Jarret as well as Gabriel and Gabriel, set out at 8:30 AM and transferred to the ferry dock under brilliant sunshine. A 30-minute ferry ride dropped them off at...
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February 2013
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Week 41: The frontier
Up, packed and on the bus to El Calafate. The colourful town and granite peaks of El Chalten in our rear view mirrors - still imposing but shrinking away in the distance waiting to be rediscovered on our next visit. El Calafate was a necessary (but not a favourite) stop for us en route to the historic, 1914 estancia at North end of Lago Argentino. On board a speedy two-level boat, we cut through...
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