Have You Heard From Laura?

Vines at La Rural Barrels at Escorihuela It’s late in the season and the rain that has followed me from San Martin to Pucon and now here to Mendoza seems to be urging me northward to Bolivia. I can´t miss a stop in Mendoza before heading north. Mendoza is located in western Argentina, just east […]

Happy Easter! Here in Santiago I’m staying with Macarena who I met in Nepal a year or two ago. Santiago is famous for it’s smog and with good reason. One of the main tourist attractions is to walk or cable car your way up to Cerro San Christobal for a view of massive Santiago and […]

Monkey Puzzle Tree Big Old Monkey Puzzle Day 2 in Pucon. No sun in the forcast. I trekked in Parque Huerquehue for the day, where the were no views of the volcano but plenty of water falls, slippery muddy trails and think deep green moss growing on big trees – a perfect day for hugging […]

I left San Martin in the rain, crossed the boarder to Chile in the rain, and arrived in Pucon in more rain. Pucon is all about climbing Volcan Villarica but we couldn’t even see it from town – too many clouds. The trekking outfitters were canceling all trips up the volcano until the weather cleared, […]

Birthday Dinner In search of trekking and hot spings I made my way to San Martin de los Andes. Coco’s house was recommended as a good hostel. Coco is this Argentinian guy who runs an illegal hostel out of his little house in San Martin. Coco is such a good guy. He spends his days […]

Lago Nauhuel Huapi from Cerro Otto Marta at the Hostel Inn can ALWAYS be counted on to set her guests up with great day trips. Today Mavi led us 6 hours on horseback up and around Cerro Otto, just outside the city of Bariloche. The weather was perfect and so were our views over Lago […]

Paddling with Diego Brazo de la Tristeza, Bariloche Still in Bariloche, Argentina. Today I`m taking a day off from my self imposed ´Andes Boot Camp`. The past week was a full one: three days treking around Cerro Catedral followed by a 2 day kayak trip in Braza de las Tristeza. All fantastic, but now I […]

Mr. Toast gets pissed with California guys, Michael and Wayne Mr. Toast goes to lunch with Betty Bread Roll Spent the last 4 nights and 3 days aboard the Navimag, traveling through the Chilean fjords from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt. My review is simply this: boring, don´t bother. The accomodations on board were fine, […]

I returned in one wet soggy piece from Torres del Paine NP late last night. I found a great cheap little B&N here in Puerto Natales, Los Antiguos, where I had a great night’s sleep on a real bed, a big breakfast and have been able to dry and sort out all my rain soaked […]

Valle de Frances, Parque National Torres del Paine