Tag: retirement
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Valparaíso, Chile
As we returned from Rapa Nui we had one more Chilean city on our list to visit, Valparaiso. It is a unique and quite interesting city. For me the biggest attraction was the fact that nearly all the locals we met in Santiago told us not to bother with going there because it was dirty…
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Rapa Nui – Easter Island
Easter Island Flag First off, I would like to send a huge thank you to Lisa whom we met in Mexico City and talked us into visiting Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as we’ve learned is the preferred name. It was never on our itinerary for South America but we are so glad we made…
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Chilean Road Trip – Week 3
We chose to camp one more night in Chile before getting to the Argentina border at Jama. I am so grad we did. First, because it made the next days driving a bit shorter, but primarily because the sunset we experienced was simply amazing. The next morning we headed for the border. Then, came our…
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Atacama Desert
So, after spending a very enjoyable week making our way up the west coast of Chile soaking in the view of the ocean we reached the city of Antofagasta. We treated ourselves to a hotel before turning east to experience the Atacama Desert. For me it was the primary destination of our road trip. The…
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Chile Road Trip – Week One
We decided, after reading a blog post from some friends who are incredible world travellers, Ian & Nicky Mackenzie, that renting a vehicle and touring Chile and Argentina would be a great idea. So we contacted the same company they had used and secured a 4×4 Suzuki for a 3 week road trip. We utilized…
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Santiago, Chile
Because we chose to get an apartment in the older Centro portion of the city we were nice and close to the great historical buildings here. However it also came with the wonderful experiences that come with being in the older sections of any older city. In all honesty, we never had any problems with…
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Wine Tour Time
We have been in Santiago nearly two weeks now and figured it was high time we shared some of our experiences. It has been an interesting time for us. We arrived in what we call “Tourist mode”, which is to say we kept busy every day taking in sights and enjoying the food. Part of…
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Mexico City
When we were deciding on where to head this winter we thought we’d check out a bit more of Mexico. However, as with most plans it changed to Mexico City simply being a jump off point for South America. I am very glad we stuck with Mexico City though. What a city! There was no…
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4 Countries, 4 Months
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Karen and I had a bit of discussion on what to talk about in this blog on our travels in Asia. It has been an absolutely unmitigated success and that makes it all the more challenging to try and summarize it. Through we have been treated to some incredible food during our time in Asia,…
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Diving Dauin
For our final week of diving in the Philippines we headed south to Dauin at the southern tip of the island of Negros. One thing about travelling around the Philippines is it takes time. The 30 minute boat ride, followed by a 7 hour drive, another 30 minute boat ride and ending with a 30…