A Very Memorable New Year’s Eve December 31st marked a major milestone—we had finally reached the Antarctic Peninsula. Our first landing of the expedition was after lunch at Prospect Point. When our cabin numbers were announced, we gathered in the mudroom, slipping into our muckboots and prepping for the short journey ahead. Before boarding […]
How to get from Torres del Paine to Ushuaia With a week to spare before our expedition, I initially had the ambitious idea of driving from Torres del Paine to Ushuaia. We had five days and according to Google Maps, it was 12 hours of driving (not including a ferry crossing. Taking a rental car […]
Eco Camp Patagonia After our stay at Hotel Las Torres, we checked into EcoCamp Patagonia for four nights, ready for something a little different: puma trekking. EcoCamp has a unique vibe—think hippy chic with macramé, dream catchers, and geodesic domes offering jaw-dropping views of the towers. Our dome had a wood-burning fireplace, but it […]
Hotel las Torres Torres del Paine, located in southern Chilean Patagonia, is a breathtaking national park known for its dramatic landscapes. The park features towering granite peaks, vast glaciers, crystal-clear lakes, and sweeping grasslands. Its iconic centrepiece is the three jagged granite towers (“Torres”) rising above turquoise glacial lakes. Despite booking almost nine months in […]
Getting to Puerto Natales Flights from Santiago to Puerto Natales depart at either 5 a.m. or 9 a.m., with no rental cars available directly at the Puerto Natales airport. This means you have to make a detour downtown to pick up a car—unfortunately in the opposite direction of Torres del Paine National Park. In […]
Background Last year, Andy was sitting in the car ready to go at 11am (even though our flight didn’t depart until 5pm). This year was a little different. I had a last minute work trip to Tokyo. I’m not a frivolous work traveller. I really needed to be there. The only problem was that […]
Background Last December, after three years of delays and anticipation, we set off on an Antarctic expedition to our seventh continent. This once in a lifetime trip was a 21 day expedition to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica. It exceeded our expectations in every way. Well, except for the part where we both […]
This post is part of our wild adventure to Malaysian Borneo. In case you don’t want to read this sequentially, or you are looking for a specific part of the trip, here are some shortcuts: Kota Kinabalu Sepilok Kinabatangan Lahad Datu Danum Valley <– You are here Getting to Danum Valley Our journey from Lahad […]
This post is part of our wild adventure to Malaysian Borneo. In case you don’t want to read this sequentially, or you are looking for a specific part of the trip, here are some shortcuts: Kota Kinabalu Sepilok Kinabatangan <– You are here Lahad Datu Danum Valley Getting to Kinabatangan Nature Lodge The journey from […]
This post is part of our wild adventure to Malaysian Borneo. In case you don’t want to read this sequentially, or you are looking for a specific part of the trip, here are some shortcuts: Kota Kinabalu Sepilok <– You are here Kinabatangan Lahad Datu Danum Valley The flight from Kota Kinabalu was quick, and […]