The air was so thin our breaths came in deep, raspy gasps. The wind whipped us with frigid blasts direct from Antarctica. The sun was setting. We knew then we left our base camp too late. …
Updated Route Map
I updated our route map to include our camp sites from 2008-04-20 to 2008-07-23. To look at a particular area of our route use the zoom control in the upper left corner of the map. Click and drag on the…
The Room of Wakes
For 391 years no outsider walked the passageways. For 391 years no outsider touched the walls. For 391 years no outsider saw the interior. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/peru/docs/roomofwakes.pdf .
Just Ask
10:15 AM I was sitting at the table outside the gas station using their WiFi to finish our monthly finances when I first noticed it. It was something on the underside of the truck. It looked like we…
La Tirana
Every year there is a festival at La Tirana, Chile. La Tirana has about 250 full time residents. Over 10,000 people come to La Tirana for the festival. This year, we were two of those people.…
Fuso Units at Work
We visited the world’s largest open pit copper mine at Chuquicamata, Chile today. While we were there we had the chance to see the trucks referenced in the post “Fuso Units” at work. The mine uses 94…
DG 080
Prior to departing for South America I collected a set of GPS waypoints from prior overlanders. They included service locations, fuel stops, points of interest and, most importantly, camp sites. We like to find our own places, make…
Fuso Units
Those of you who remember the post “How Big is Big” will remember that we try to express size in units other than arbitrary measures such as meters or feet. Today’s example uses units of Fuso. Yesterday we…
The Shrine
You approach as any new pilgrim would after a long, long journey across the dry, dusty desert. You approach with trepidation. You approach with wonder. You approach with reverence. Click here for the rest of the…
Relative Humidity
We crossed the border between Argentina and Chile at Chile Chico on 29 March 2008. We drove west until we hit the Carretera Austral and then turned left. For the next 87 days we were in wet, foggy and…