Quick note: This post should have come before the last one but due to some internet issues with uploading the photos, I had to flip flop them. Back to the chronological order, guys! After a couple of gorgeous weeks hitchhiking along the Carretera Austral in Chile, it was time to bring my time along the […]
Hiking the Huemul Circuit: The Toughest and Most Rewarding Hike in Patagonia
I stuck my arm out and latched onto a tree to prevent myself from careening down the trail. I caught it just in time as my body kept moving but the tree, thankfully, pulled me back like a puppet on a string. I’d been warned that this trail would be ridiculously difficult but it fell […]
Ice Waves: Trekking on Glaciers in Patagonia
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to go back in time, coming face to face with something that is thousands of years old? Though time travel isn’t possible (yet), walking on a glacier that was formed during the last ice age sure is. Bonus: the glaciers in Patagonia hold water that is some of […]
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Carretera Austral
If hitchhiking has taught me anything it’s that one of the best ways to get to know a place is to openly ask locals for help. You end up with so many touching stories and peeks into local culture that you otherwise would have to work a lot harder to find. People of all possible […]
Is This Real Life? Patagonia’s Most Incredible Hanging Glacier
Queulat isn’t home to Patagonia’s most famous glacier, it does not command the visitor numbers that many of its more Southern counterparts do (thank God), and it’s not the biggest nor the bluest – not by a long shot. None of that matters, though, because it looks like this: I’m still not over it. I […]