Rapa Nui
As Santiago is the portal to Isla de Pascua (aka Easter Island), we felt immensely privileged to have the opportunity to visit this most westerly and remote part of Chile. […]
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Vino y Mas!
Another overnight bus ride (18 hrs) had us arrive in Mendoza around 8:30 am. The scenery was stunning. While there are several wine producing areas in Argentina, Mendoza is by […]
Argentinian Patagonia: part 2 aka The Lake District
The holidays around Carnavale meant that we could not find a flight to head north, so a 24-hour bus ride was the alternative to transport us to Bariloche (full name […]
Argentinian Patagonia part 1: Sur
While Ushuaia is part of Patagonia, there are 2 more parts of Patagonia that we visited…the southern area of El Calafate / El Chaltén and the northern area around Bariloche. […]
Fin Del Mundo
An 11-hour bus ride took us across the Straight of Magellan by ferry, then “stamped out” of Chile an hour before the border crossing into Argentina, on our way to […]
Chilean Patagonia
A 3+ hour flight from Santiago to Puerto Natales, in the heart of Chile’s Patagonia. Puerto Natales (pop ~ 20,000) This town has no direct road connection to the rest […]
Autumn Hiking
Glacier-Waterton National Parks 2023 We are delighted to share some of the highlights of our recent mountain hiking as we test our bodies and our gear in preparation for the […]
“Strubbled”
We are now inventing words….”strubbled” was an unintentional expression that combines “struggle” with “troubled” to perfectly sum up the period since our last post. The relief we expressed at passing […]
Passive House Gets Active
Wow! Lots of excitement as we finally see the reality emerging in 3D…and quickly! Most of April involved creating the foundation with the last few days of April and early […]
Crunch Time
March 1 March 29 We were ready for demolition on February 26th. Fortis was not. They had assured us that the natural gas pipe and meter would be removed […]
Never a Dull Moment 