Following ABCD: Amundsen, Borges, Chatwin and Darwin

The continent of passion

The first continent we traveled to as jubilados (Spanish for retirees).

Cape Horn

The Screaming Sixties

No, this blog is not about rock ’n roll fans screaming their heads off when the Beatles broke into “Oh yeah I’ll, tell you something,

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Torres del Paine Massif

Who has Seen the Wind?

In W. O. Mitchell’s novel about prairie life, wind is a metaphor. But in today’s story about Patagonia’s Frenchman’s Valley, wind is the real force:

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Penguins of Patagonia

Just say the word penguin and your mouth forms into a smile. (Try it. See!) We humans love these fearless, flightless birds in tuxedos, waddling

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