Carretera Austral is Chile’s Ruta 7. It runs about 1,240km North to South from Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins. This area of Chile is extremely rural and before this road was built was difficult to access. It was the “Beagle Conflict” with Argentina in the late 70’s, a territorial dispute over islands off the coast […]
Category: South America
Our time spent exploring South America
Patagonia Run – Torres Del Paine – Day 22 – 25
Day 22 We left Puerto Natales around 11AM towards Torres Del Paine. When we left, we were crossing our fingers for better weather, but our drive was filled with wind and rain. On the way to Torres Del Paine, we were treated to such beautiful sights (as beautiful as it could be in heavy rain […]
Patagonia Run – Puerto Natales – Day 21
We made it off Tierra del Fuego and heading… NORTH! This post will be short, and sweet. Day 21 If you are counting… 10 days since we showered last. Yes… I know, disgusting. Thanks to my clumsiness, I smelled like wine… so wasn’t all bad. We decided we needed a day to just recoup. […]
Patagonia Run – Tierra del Fuego National Park – Day 18 – 20
Check out our post about PENGUINS! Day 18 After crossing into Argentina, we headed towards Ushuaia. Along the way, there were few places to stop along the beach. As we headed South, the eco-system changed, and within hours it looked like we were going through the Sierras in California – snowcap mountains, lakes, greens, […]
Patagonia Run – Lago Blanco – Day 17 – 18
We arrived at Tierra del Fuego via Ferry (check out our previous post)! Time to find some penguins – yeeeee!!!!! Day 17 We arrived still somewhat early in the day, around 12:30, and had time to make a full day on Chile’s side of Tierra del Fuego. We left Porvenir and headed South along […]