Patagonia is like the Gobi desert except that in the desert there is more life. Admittedly, the Gobi has no national parks like Torres del Paine. Then again Patagonia has that wind, that interminable blustery airstream. But the wind and the cold receded and that I saw TdP in perfect weather. Not many have. Bruce […]
Puerto Natales and Patagonia
If I can sum up Patagonia in one word, it would be wind. It is chilly, it is heavy and freezes your face. I caught a flight in a (20 seater) to Puerto Natales. I sat too cosily next to an elderly Armenian-Argentinean journalist who informed me that the first tourist in Puerto Natales was […]
Puerto Montt and Chiloé
Puerto Montt and the fishing village of Angelmo present many photo opportunities. The town is the gateway of the Chilean fjords and ships take travellers to Puerto Natales down the coast in Patagonia. It was in Puerto Montt that I ate my first congrio frito, fried conger eel, as common in Chile as cod in […]