We went in a sweet shop with glass front counters full of delectables. Don pointed to one and asked in Spanish what is that one? “Cheesecake”, she sez. So there you have the translation… Continue reading

We decided to view glaciers from a helicopter. What a great choice it turned out to be! Highlight of our trip so far! Continue reading

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Amazingly large celestial blue lake Lake is 700 sq mi in area, average depth 1,300 feet. Continue reading

We took a boat tour out to Las Cuevas Marmol, or the Marble Caves, in Lago General Carrera, which is a large glacier-fed lake straddling the Chile/Argentina border (Argentina’s portion of this lake is named Lago Buenos Aires). From atlasobscura.com… Continue reading

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Chilean Patagonia is in the Wet Andes, a zone of high precipitation of both snow and rain. The humid temperate climate of the southern Andes has allowed glaciers to develop due to high accumulation rates. Most of the precipitation is produced by… Continue reading