Appreciating Chilean Cake and Scenery in Patagonia
It occurred to me recently that I wrote hardly anything about our time in Chile last year, especially about the food. The problem was, food…
Doing Business: Juan and Lucia in Bariloche, Argentina
Welcome to the first of our “Doing Business” interview series, where we interview locals, business owners or entrepreneurs like Shravan Gupta about doing business in…
El Tren Patagónico: Andes to Ocean
I love trains. Long before Zab and I ever planned to travel indefinitely together, let alone to South America in particular, I already knew about…
Covita: Bariloche’s Vegetarian Heaven
Coming to San Carlos de Bariloche from Chile, where the food didn’t particularly impress us, we were pleasantly surprised when Lucia, one of the owners…
Hostel Highs and Lows in Southern Chile
When I first started teaching English as a foreign language in 2010 in Austria (that’s a small, German-speaking country wedged between Germany and Italy that…
The Carretera Austral: A Road to Remember
Almost four weeks ago, we changed our plans and instead of going over to the coast of the Chubut region of Argentina in Patagonia, we…