Valparaiso is another amazing city for taking photos. This city is a huge U-shaped amphitheater overlooking the ocean, making it one of Chile's most important port cities and also a good place to go to the beach. The city is also built right on a hill... well, 45 of them actually. And navigating the city using one of the many elevator systems that have been around since the late 1800's gives this city a great historical feel to it. Combine all that with the buzz ...

Arriving in Santiago, I discovered a city that is organized, modern, and architecturally photogenic. And just a few kilometers away sits the second highest mountain range in the world, The Andes. It's a nice city to walk around and take photos of all the buildings and stuff. The only downside, is there's a problem with all the smog that hangs over the city. I didn't realize this until I went up a hill called San Cristobal that has a great view over the city. It w...

Well, if you look at the map to the right, it looks like I just came right up from Chalten to where I am now. The problem with that,however, is that the roads to get up here are so bad that only a couple bus companies will use them and they charge a fortune to make the several day trip. So I went for the cheaper option which takes me all the way to the other side of the country, back up to Puerto Madryn where we had our car accident, and then all the way back acr...

After seeing the Perito Moreno Glacier yesterday, we had enough of the over-priced, over touristed, and just plain boring city of El Calafate. We decided we couldn't take anymore paying so much to get so little in return. The only reason to come here in the first place is to see the glacier, which was great, but we need to do something until Doug's plane leaves on Monday. So we cut our stay short, checked out, and hopped on a bus to Chalten at the last minute. It...

My friend Doug, who is visiting from home, only has a few more days left of his vacation before returning to The States. He has one of those job thingies and some other responsibilities that I didn't quite comprehend. Doug predicts I am going to be a total social misfit when I return home as things such as the day, month, and time have little meaning to me anymore. But, before I deal with all that, we have some time to check out El Calafate. We heard nice things ...