On the 18th October, 3 weeks before our holiday, Chile imploded. We read about riots, people had been killed, the military were using tear gas and a curfew and state of emergency had been imposed. It was such a surprise, not just because we were going there on holiday, but because we thought Chile was […]
We know it as Easter Island; in Chile it is known as Isla de Pascua but after a 6 hour flight and 2 hour time difference we landed on Rapa Nui. The next landfall is Tahiti, in Polynesia, another 6 hours away. This mystical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is the most […]
What a long, long day it has been. The main highway from Punta Arenas airport is appropriately named – “road to the end of the world” and it certainly felt as if we had travelled that far. If you look on a map Punta Arenas is about as far south as you can fly and […]
It’s hard to believe that on Tuesday lunchtime I was in Simpsons on the Strand deciding which glass of red wine to have with the roast beef carvery. Surprisingly, third on the list was a Chilean red from the Colchagua Valley. The reason for my surprise was that I was flying to Santiago that evening […]
A four centre trip around Chile visiting Colchagua wine region, Pategonia, Easter Island and Santiago.
