New Zealand!!! Christchurch and the Northeast

I made it to NZ (pronounced N Zed) but not without incident.  It seems Australia wasn’t done taking my money, because as I was about to fly out a crazy strong Northeastern gale hit the airport, temporarily shutting it down to only one runway, and effectively...

El Calafete

We arrived back in Puerto Natales and were very happy to take showers! Once we were all clean, we headed out to do some shopping! Food shopping that is. One of my favorite things about traveling abroad is all of the great little fruit and vegi stands! I have to say...

Patagonia: Torres del Paine part dos

Day 3:I arose in the morning to significantly smaller ankles and with a renewed spirit. Our camp was just darn so beautiful! Lets say we had a room with a view. By the third day we were ready for a rest! We got up late and enjoyed a nice breakfast of pancakes! Adam is...

Patagonia: Torres del Paine

Day 1:We awoke bright and early to catch the 7:30 but to TdP. Luckily the night before we were able to hurridly buy groceries. Here they are:It was a three hour bus ride to the first stop, and of course I slept the WHOLE WAY! I really need to stop doing that. Luckily...

Patagonia: Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales

We left Seattle at 8am on Thursday and landed in Punta Arenas at 2:30 the next afternoon. That’s 30 hours of flying people! Okay, real time it was only 25.5 hours of flying, but it certainly felt like 30+! Here’s a word to the wise: Don’t use Orbitz...