One reason I come to Brazil for long periods is because I know that there will be times I will be confined at home because of the incessant rain. This weekend in São Paulo is one of them; I have hardly been able to go out. São Paulo doesn’t lie in the tropics (Guarulhos airport […]
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 […]
Five Days on Easter Island – I
Day 1: Tuesday The only way to go to Easter Island is via LAN Chile from Santiago on the way to Tahiti. The island is so far from everywhere, so to put things in perspective, imagine mainland Chile to be in Israel with ocean existing between Israel and the US and a smattering of islands […]