The bus that was included as the last leg of our Andes crossing dropped us a few blocks from Hotel Plaza where we checked into…

It was about a 5 hour bus trip on JAC from Pucón to Puerto Varas. There were two main reasons we visited this lake resort…

Returning to Santiago from Easter Island, we’d booked a couple of nights in an “American” hotel (Ibis) near the bus station because: we had a…

We arranged an early taxi (18k CHP) from La Casona Hostel to the Santiago airport for our flight to Easter Island. Late in arranging our…

Santiago airport is a mess; the short 2 hour flight from Antofagasta was also about as long as it took to bus us to the…

Heading south on a Pullman bus along the dry coast, we made the 6.5 hour journey to Antofagasta. There was not really a whole lot…

It’s about a seven hour bus ride from San Pedro de Atacama to Iquique. The TurBus bus was a little run down: no movie, the…

One of the most memorable parts of finishing the 3 day Bolivian salt flats/desert tour was the sudden smoothness of the paved Chilean road. The…

Instead of a 10 hour overnight bus ride, we opted for a 60 minute flight from La Paz to Uyuni. We crammed into a taxi…

It was a curious sensation landing at La Paz Airport; instead of the pressure increasing as we landed, we could feel the pressure being let…