by Delboy | Nov 25, 2022 | Chile
It’s a 13-hour bus journey from Santiago to Puerto Montt, although the fare for the overnight journey is little more than the cost of a night’s accommodation at the Ibis in Santiago. The Chilean sitting in the next seat has his beady eye on me, as he wants to... 
by Delboy | Nov 16, 2022 | Argentina, Chile
If I push my stomach out, and arch my back a bit, I can just about make my feet disappear, which is gratifying. Such is the progress I have made over the past 10 days on Project “Fatten Up” ahead of the next phase of the trip, which starts from Puerto Montt on... 
by Delboy | Oct 12, 2022 | Argentina, Chile
The definition of an “itinerary” is “a planned route or journey that’s hopelessly optimistic and will need changing almost immediately”. It’s therefore most surprising that we’ve arrived in San Pedro de Atacama on time, five weeks after leaving La... 
by Delboy | Jul 16, 2022 | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile
…and a long one too, as we are about to head off to Scandinavia for 6 weeks – packing an unfeasible amount of food into the campervan to reduce pain in the wallet region when shopping in Norwegian supermarkets. This pre-holiday holiday gave me the...