The most impressive thing about Valparaiso is that all the walkways and houses don’t collapse! It’s a brilliant hillside maze of tiny streets, wooden bridges, coloured steps and varied construction methods. Creatives will love this place. Street art and artesian crafts are everywhere. A must is a ride on the little elevators that take you […]
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Middle Chile: Volcanoes, Lakes and Beaches
A jazz musical treat awaited before I flew to Puerto Montt to start a road trip through middle Chile. Sunday night at the seafront in Punta Arenas a small cafe called Imago Libro Arte Cafe hosted an outdoor jazz quartet. With a bite to the wind the guitarist had his hood up and the keyboard […]
Torres del Paine: The Land of the Living Wind
On route to the Parque Nacional Torres del Paine is a town called Puerto Natales. It is a port town with mountain views and the sound of the wind. By luck I arrived to find a music stage set up for the Festival de Artesania y Turismo en la Patagonia 2017. It was a celebration […]