A Pleasant Introduction to Chilean Wine, from Laura Hartwig
We walked out a kilometer into the Chilean wine country from where we are staying in Santa Cruz to the Laura Hartwig vineyard to take the tour, but mostly, of course, to try the wines.
Otherworldly Atacama: Geysers, Buried Villages, and Lunar Landscapes
Valle de la Luna in northern Chile's Atacama Desert poses as the the surface of Mars. While Torres del Paine and Patagonia at Chile’s southern tip get heaps of inspiring coverage (including by [...]
Surprises Along the W: Trekking Patagonia’s Torres del Paine
I realize now that trekking the ‘W’ in Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park was something I should have been better prepared for. So when I heard recently that World Expeditions was looking for #BestMountainTrek [...]
Bellavista Neighborhood, Santiago de Chile
The Bellavista neighborhood of Santiago is covered with spontaneous murals such as this one of its most famous son, Nobel winning poet Pablo Neruda.
Ancient Dwellings, Atacama Desert, Chile
The Atacama Desert of Northern Chile is the driest place on earth. There are some places in the Atacama where it has not rained in over 400 years. These are the tops of mud dwellings [...]
Window at Pablo Neruda’s Home, Santiago
Pablo Neruda wasn't satisfied with normal bars on the windows of his home in Santiago. So he replaced them with fanciful grates like this one, and others of various mythical characters, and representations of his [...]
Two Girls Outside Neruda’s Home, Santiago de Chile
Two junior high-aged girls making out on the bench outside Pablo Neruda's house in Santiago de Chile.
The Poet Pablo Neruda’s Desk at Isla Negra, Chile
Pablo Neruda had three homes in Chile. This is the view from his writing desk at the home he called Isla Negra--the Black Island. It's not on an island, but instead on the coast south [...]
The Bar at Pablo Neruda’s Home, Santiago, Chile
The Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, was famous for his parties, which we were told, often started in this bar at his Santiago home. The home itself was called La Chascona, after his nickname for his [...]
Pablo Neruda’s Eyes, Santiago, Chile
I've always loved the poems of the Chilean Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda, but it was only after visiting two of his three homes in Chile that I gained a sense of what a wonderful [...]