I took ~10,000 photos overseas this year on my travels to Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, the Galápagos, Georgia, UK and Australia. Here’s a far smaller subset of some of my favourites. All taken on my Sony Cyber-shot DCS-RX100, a pocket sized camera that takes some pretty good photographs. Follow the links for details of each trip. Buenos…
Other than a few day walks around Sydney this was my first real experience of tramping / hiking outside of New Zealand. No overnighters but went for some pretty amazing walks in Patagonia (both Argentina and Chile), the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, and in Southern and Central Australia. Follow the links for details, here are…
Two of the most beautiful places on earth, home to snow capped mountains (the Andes and Southern Alps), lakes of every shade of blue, epic and easily accessible glaciers, and some fantastic walks. Having spent a few weeks exploring Patagonia (Torres del Paine in Chile, and El Chalten, El Calefate and the Argentinian part of Tierra del…
I’ve captured three weeks worth of travel around Argentina, Chile and Ecuador in seven posts, so thought I’d provide a summary of the highlights, and learnings, from visiting Buenos Aires, Argentinian Patagonia, Torres del Paine, Puerto Natales & Punta Arenas, Tierra del Fuego, Quito, and the Galápagos Islands. Highlights Natural beauty Patagonia is an outstandingly beautiful…
The ‘land of fire’ is literally at the end of the earth, at the bottom of South America, next stop Antarctica. Having said that it is only as far south as Dublin or Manchester are north from the equator so it’s relative, and far warmer than you’d imagine. Ushuaia, the most southerly city in the…
I was only in Puerto Natales for 45 minutes but rather liked this small touristy town one and a half hours south of Torres del Paine National Park. Lots of interesting and quirky architecture, and a nice waterfront. Had marginally more time to explore Punta Arenas, covering most of the centre city in a couple…
Understandably the most popular national park in Chile, home to the famous three granite peaks of the Paine mountains, numerous glaciers, many beautiful lakes of varying shades of blue, and some of the world’s greatest walks. After the patchy weather of Argentinian Patagonia (non-stop rain in El Chalten and Boxing Day snow in El Calefate) it was…
