2 full days in a bus on a neverending road in solitary surroundings. That pretty much sums it up for Ruta 40.
The first day was hellish. No airco and seats in the middle/back of the bus with only (lousy) side views. The second day we were lucky and we got the seats right behind the [...]
Ruta 40: the long, and almost never winding, road
Los Glaciares NP
And on and on we went… from southern Chile to southern Argentina.
Destination: Los Glaciares National Park.
Home of the famous Perito Moreno glacier (around the city of El Calafate) and the extremely hard to ascend El Fitz Roy mountain (around the city/village of El Chalten).
To cut a long story short:
1. The people in Argentine Patagonia are as [...]
Penguins and Pain(e) in Patagonia
After 31 hours of travel John and I finally arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile. My first impression of Chilean Patagonia: It´s windy as hell!!!
Nevertheless, on our second day in Punta Arenas we ignored the heavy winds and went by boat to see a huge colony (over 150.000) of Magellan penguins on Isla Magdalena.
My second impression of Chilean Patagonia: [...]
What´s been happening since July 2008 – the director´s cut
1st of July 2008: Started my job at VKA
31st of December 2008: Quit my job at VKA
1st of January 2009: Started my job at the Ministry of Justice
14th of January 2009: Started my trip to Patagonia & Easter Island
And no, VKA is not a bad company to work for. On the contrary, I was really [...]
