Julie and I had spent nine months travelling south since we left Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s shores of the Arctic Ocean. Since that time we had passed through Alaska, Canada and the continental United States, through Mexico and Central America, shipped Tramp to South America and driven the entire length of the continent to arrive at the end of the road, the southernmost point you can drive on the continent. … Continue reading →
A casual look at a map of southern Chile tells you the obvious – there aren’t many roads down here. The severe mountains, glaciers, fjords, inland waterways, rivers and extreme weather make roads a luxury. After more than a week in northern Chile we had jumped over into Argentina to take the memorable Ruta National 40 bypass of the roadless section of Chile. Now we were crossing back into the … Continue reading →
Chile is one of the oddest shaped countries in the world. It dominates the western shore of South America, never more than a few hundred miles in width. The Andes mountains run down its eastern border with Argentina and its southern section features so many fjords, lakes and mountains it is largely roadless. The primary feature of northern Chile is the Atacama Desert, said to be the driest in the … Continue reading →
