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La Habana (or Havana to the rest of us!)

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

We didn’t have very good first impressions of La Habana as it is called in Cuba. It probably didn’t help that we arrived fairly late and felt like we were paying a lot of money for a hotel room and for a taxi to get from the airport to the hotel.  Being charged US$445 to take out CUCs 400, when a CUC is supposed to be equal to a dollar, didn’t help either – tourist tax to get money out of the hole in the wall… [read on]

San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

After a spectacular 10 hour bus journey (which the driver seemed to enjoy taking photos of as we drove along) across high altiplano from Salta we found ourselves back in Chile. [read on]

Isla Navarino – the Dientes Circuit

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

We caught a 20 seater plane (22 if you include the pilots) from Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams - the southernmost town (population 2,262 - it said so on a board in the town) in the world. Argentina has marketed ... [Continue reading this entry]

Torres del Paine

Monday, February 19th, 2007
With (very!) heavy bags we set out on the Torres del Paine circuit for 8-10 days of trekking around the national park. Torres del Paine   Day 1:  Laguna Amarga - Campamento Seron The start, however, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Penguins…

Friday, February 9th, 2007

...in the national penguin park 2 hours boat ride from Punta Arenas (think the bottom of Chile).

Magellenic Penguins

Magellenic Penguins

Chilean Lake District

Friday, February 9th, 2007

We flew down to Puerto Montt from Santiago (after spending about 12 hours in Santiago!)  It turned out that the people who did the Sultans Elephant in London over the summer where in Santiago at the same time, this time ... [Continue reading this entry]