South America

Montevideo is a great city to visit and spend a couple of days in.  Because it is so close to Buenos Aires, there are several options for making a stop in another South American country. In fact, Montevideo (MVD) is only 126 miles away from Buenos Aires (BA)…

The very first stop on our sabbatical was Chile. While we spent a week in Patagonia, we spent another 3 weeks in Santiago. We got the chance to really explore the city and learn about the culture during our time…

When we arrived in Mendoza, I knew right away that we would have to take a wine tour. We did and it was AMAZING! To this day it was one of our favorite days in Argentina. We decided to do it the DIY route and rent bicycles and ride through

After spending an entire month in Santiago, it was time to continue our ’round the world trip. We decided to head to Argentina. The best way is the scenic route through the Andes Mountains to Mendoza. We’ve heard so much about how beautiful this ride is from friends in the…

With little prior hiking experience, we were able to complete (albeit questionable) this hike without a guide in 4 nights/ 5 days. There are so many different options for hiking we’ll present most of them here and how we decided on what I think is the best way.

This Patagonia packing list will guide you through everything we brought with us that made our trip such a success. A trip to the Patagonia region of South America is a journey to “El Fin del Mundo” or “The end of the World”…