Thursday, 27 Dec 2012 | Views [4693]
Easter Island (Isla Pasqua in Spanish) is also known as Rapa Nui in the local language. It is the most remote inhabited island in the world, 2200 miles in the Pacific from mainland Chile and 2600 miles from Tahiti. Surprisingly, Rapa Nui ... Read more >
Wednesday, 26 Dec 2012 | Views [2252]
Flying to Easter Island on Christmas Day is a bit – I don’t know – ironic? It also seemed strange that the flight took us first from Santiago to Lima but who’s to complain? It was the cheapest flight we could find ... Read more >
Sunday, 23 Dec 2012 | Views [1857]
The 90-minute bus ride from Santiago showed us a gentler side of Chile. We haven't compared its wines to those of Argentina but the vineyards are more pleasing to the eye. The landscape looks very California. Small farmhouses with orange ... Read more >
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Friday, 21 Dec 2012 | Views [2438]
Anconagua, South America's highest mountain, towered over the vineyards of Mendoza as our bus lumbered towards the mountains. Yeah, we thought we had sworn off bus trips, too, but this one is relatively short, only eight hours, including two hours ... Read more >
