The massive earthquake and tsunami in 2010, and the destruction encased in the social “estallido” of 2019, were vivid reminders of how vulnerable valuable historical structures and areas in Chile really are….
Category: Places
Dignity in Chile
I walked up to the young lady at the bar and asked her name; ” mi nombre es Dignidad“, she said, cheerfully. My name is Dignity! Her response unsettled me. At first,…
Loanco; A Story of Give and Take with the Sea
With the first light of day the residents of the small fishing village of Loanco walked from where they had taken refuge a few hours earlier, over the hill to a spot…
Carretera Austral Day Six….Cochrane to Chile Chico and Argentine Border
Breakfast on Day six again at the Military Hotel, and we were off on the last stretch of our trip in Chile, for today we were to drive along the south side…
Carretera Austral Day Five….Villa O’Higgins to Caleta Tortel to Cochrane
Day five started early for us, since we had to reach the RÍo Bravo landing, three hours away, to take the morning barcaza back across to Puerto Yungay, and on to Caleta…
Carretera Austral Day Four….Cochrane to Villa O’Higgins
We were awakened early on Day four, 4:30 to be precise, by a trio of frustrated roosters who, sitting right below our windows but out of reach of the rocks we threw…
Carretera Austral Day Three…..Coyhaique to Cochrane
Cerro Castillo Our destination on day three was Cochrane, a city about 360 kilometers south of Coyhaique. We had been told the road was really bad, and that we would not make…
Carretera Austral Day Two….Chaiten to Coyhaique
Early the next morning, after a great breakfast of toasted homemade bread with thick butter, bittersweet blackberry jam, scrambled eggs, ham, and coffee with rich whole milk, we departed Chaitén. The skies…
Carretera Austral Day One…..Pelluco to Chaitén
It was still dark when the alarm sounded in our first floor room of the Zafiro Hotel located in the small village of Pelluco, overlooking Puerto Montt Bay. Joaco and I were…
Carretera Austral….Go now!! (Complete Version)
David JoslynDavid Joslyn, after a 45-year career in international development with USAID, Peace Corps, The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and private sector consulting…