We spend a couple of days around Vicuña, watching the Milky Way, finding petroglyphs, and getting our pisco tasting technique up to snuff.
After our visit to Valparaíso, we took a bus to La Serena. While the town looked nice enough, the main reason we were here was because it had a couple of car rental agencies, and
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Following a few easy days in the Santa Cruz area, we figured it was time for some hiking again, which is why we came to Altos de Lircay Reserva Nacional.
Following a few easy days in the Santa Cruz area, we figured it was time for some hiking again. The reason we'd come to Vilches was its vicinity to Altos de Lircay Reserva Nacional, which
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After our first night bus experience, we spend two days in San Carlos de Bariloche to hike a couple of trails around the lakes.
We got to Bariloche from Malarguë via San Rafael, by taking a Buttini bus to San Rafael, then killing about 8 hours there, before getting on the night bus to Bariloche. We’d been on several
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We spend 2 nights and 3 days in Mendoza, enough to sample some of the wines the region has to offer, and we get our first taste of the high Andes.
For us, Mendoza was best known for being the centre of the Argentinian wine production. So when we entered the city, we figured it would be full of wine shops and tour operators offering vineyard
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Antares is the first place in Argentina we came across that were more than just refreshing, they have taste.
During our stay in Argentina, we'd come across a few craft beers, but none had really made an impression on us. As we walked into Anteres in Córdoba however, we were greeted with that typical
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We spend a day in Córdoba, Argentina’s second city, exploring the different areas of the city on foot, going between colonial heritage and trendy bars.
We arrived in Córdoba after a long journey involving multiple buses to find that the pictures of the hostel we’d booked had been taken by a skilled photographer, choosing angles to hide that this place
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We spend a couple of days on Ilha do Mel, a small car free island in southern Brazil that is famous for its beaches and absence of cars.
The island of honey is a small island in the bay of Paranagua, only a few hours away from Curitiba. On land, motorised transport is banned, and even it if wasn’t, the roads are little
Continue ReadingIn June 2019, we were lucky enough to get invited to a family celebration on Jersey, one of the channel islands off the French coast. We planned to drive there, and booked a ferry from
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As a beerlover in Belgium,you cannot get around the trappist beers. We had been trying to visit all of the Belgian Trappist brewing abbeys for a while, and recently ticked off the last one.
As a beerlover in Belgium, you cannot get around the trappist beers. We had been trying to visit all of the Belgian Trappist brewing abbeys for a while, and recently ticked off the last one.
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From Ha Tien, we opt to make a trip to Hai Tac, the pirate island halfway between the mainland and Phu Quoc
From Ha Tien, most people go to either Cambodia or Phu Quoc. When we applied for our visas for Vietnam, we had requested single entry visas, so if we went to Cambodia, we wouldn't be
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