Chile is under a state of emergency A 30 pesos (4 cent) rise in the price of a Metro (Subway) ticket has unleashed a level of anger few...

Just to clarify – that is the Chilean flag, not Texan! February is high summer in Chile. Our planet’s longest, thinnest country is...

Ceviche Delicious, fresh Ceviche (this was with sea bass) Ceviche is a classic South American raw fish dish (but ‘cooked’ a different...

Most of my group in windy Torres del Paine – so much fun! Fresh water icebergs on Lake Grey, Torres del Paine It is always sad to leave...

These iconic Moai were toppled and then further destroyed by a Tsunami triggered by the 1960 earthquake in southern Chile (rebuilt with...

Hello. Magellan penguins Chile – Southern Patagonia The mighty west winds sweep across southern Chile. There is no other land mass that...

Cruising back from Peulla through freshwater fjords Chile – Lake District & Chiloe Romantic images of Patagonian gauchos and vast, dry...

A perfect desert sunset? The whole gang in the Moon Valley (salt, not snow) Chile’s North – San Pedro & Atacama Volcanoes, desert,...

The southern sun is always a treat when I come from winter in the Rockies Chile (part 1 – Santiago) Perhaps even less probable than...

Arriving in The Falklands:- After 48 hours at sea and a very calm Drake Passage, we arrived at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. Made...

Give Peace a Change Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. —Albert Einstein The world has become...

Chile, Patagonia. From 2002-2004 I lived and worked on the Island of Chiloe, in Chilean Patagonia. Many of the friends I made there...

Its all yellow in the heated chair! As we begin February here in the Canadian west, days are already becoming longer, although spring...

“Why study plate tectonics, when you can simply live in Chile!” —My own quote … should be famous 🙂 Once again a Chilean volcano has let...

Chile’s economic success is lauded around the world and its (private) national airline has reaped the benefits of good management, a...