It was time for us to cross from Chile into Argentina to see the other side of Patagonia. The border crossing was certainly the windiest we’ve ever experienced with dust storms and frantically flapping flags (bit of a tongue twister!). We eventually arrived in the town of El Calafate where we had a two kilometre…
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Days 3 to 5 on the W trek | Torres Del Paine
The wind was wild lastnight, I’ve never experienced wind quite like it. The sound was deafening and I could hear it swirling like a tornado high above us. I’d brace myself for impact but it seemed to take forever for the gusts to reach us and after the howling there would be a few seconds…
Our first two days hiking the W trek in Torres Del Paine | Chile
Patagonia has been a place that we’ve dreamed of visiting for years, but the seasons and our budget haven’t allowed it to happen until now. While we were in Canada I realised October would be Spring time in the Southern Hemisphere and therefore the shoulder season which is what we needed because in peak season…
Exploring the unique architecture and nature on the mystical island of Chiloé | Chile
Our plan was to head south to Castro on a bus but as luck would have it an old Chilean couple staying at our hostel offered us a ride in their rental car. They were on holiday from Santiago but the man had family from the UK so he spoke perfect English. We awkwardly carried…
Hitchhiking to see the penguins on Chiloé Island | Chile
We hadn’t heard of Chiloé Island until we arrived in Chile and started searching for places to visit enroute to Patagonia. It sounded like an intriguing place where locals still believe in witchcraft and ghost ships. To get there we caught a bus from Puerto Varas to Ancud on the northern part of the island….
Our first week in Chile | Santiago and Valparaíso
With a night sleeping on an airport chair we set off towards Santiago, Chile with stops in Seattle and Atlanta. We were zombies after two nights without sleep and we arrived to some slimy substance covering my bag strap. We bought a bus ticket to the city center and asked a lady (in terrible broken…
From dirt roads to civilisation |Our final days in Canada before selling our campervan
We peered through our wing-mirrors hoping to see one last grizzly bear before leaving the Bella Coola Valley, but as our van rumbled onto gravel we had to focus on the road ahead. It was the start of a 60km stretch of gravel that climbs from the bottom of the valley up to Heckman Pass…
Our best grizzly bear encounters in the Great Bear Rainforest | Canada
Grizzlies can be a little fussy with what salmon they choose to eat, a bit like humans. Their favourite is said to be chinook which can weigh up to 45kg, but when thousands upon thousands of pink salmon fill the rivers that’s what really gets the bears to the rivers and it becomes quantity over…
Waterfalls, Alpine Meadows and Idyllic Camping in Northern Vancouver Island
As soon as you go north from Campbell River things become a lot more wild. The towns shrink to villages and the traffic dwindles. Our first port of call was Elk Falls Provincial Park where a short walk led us to a swing bridge and two overlooks to view the mighty falls from. It was…
Orcas and Humpbacks | Our encounters on two whale watching trips, Vancouver Island
Wherever we are in the world we try to do a whale watching trip and so far we’ve seen humpbacks in Hawaii, sperm whales in Norway, blue whales in Sri Lanka and Orcas in Alaska. With a little research I found out that Northern Vancouver Island is one of the most reliable places in the…
