Category Archives: Region

Making Good Time

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

02/08/2008 02:10:34 GMT We are 6,186 miles / 9,955 km from the center of the culinary universe, the Maid-Rite in Newton, Iowa. But we are only 697 miles / 1,122 km from the Jumbo parking lot in Viña del Mar, …

Patagonian Traffic Jam

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

   

South American Waypoints

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

    I created a Garmin GPS data file containing South American waypoints from five sources. If you know of any other web sources of overlander’s SA waypoints, please email me and I will add them to this master file. The …

Gildas Kansas Jones

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

3 February, 2008 Trevelin, Argentina Dear Troop 27, One of the best things about traveling around the world is that you discover unexpected things in unexpected places, including here in Patagonia. As in the United States, when Argentina was opened …

The Falcon Sanctuary

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

01 February 2008 12:06:37 GMT     I was a car guy most of my life. I became car aware pretty early. By the time I was eight or so I was making model distinctions. I blossomed into full scale …

Patagonian Light

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Before we left Chile we were told by our friend, Jorge, who is a pro shooter, that the light in Patagonia would be like nothing we’d ever seen or experienced before. He described it as “transcendental.” We’ve only been here …

Northern Patagonia

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

    We’re in northern Patagonia. I’m on the BGAN sat system, so this is the most expensive blog post you’ve ever read. Here’s a couple of shots to give you a feel for the area. It’s hard to see …

In Argentina

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

01/28/2008 01:43:25 GMT We crossed the Andes today. Now in Argentina. All is OK. Sent via Skymate

Impressions of Santiago, Valparaiso, Viña del Mar & Riñaca

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

We spent our first month in Chile in Santiago and the Valparaiso areas. In general, Chile is a fully developed economy. There is very, very little that is available in the U.S. or Europe that isn’t available here or won’t …

Green – Green – Green

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

In NASCAR parlance, we’ve come off the red and out of the yellow. We are Green – Green – Green. Currently south of Santiago about 100 miles, camped for the night. We are on our way to Ushuaia, Argentina – …