Finishing my volunteer placement with the English Opens Doors Program was all a bit of a whirlwind, trying to make sure my lessons were still useful, but knowing I wouldn’t be there much longer. I was also busy planning travels for when I finished, both with my mum for her holiday here and my solo … More Leaving school: Goodbye EODP!
After a stressful afternoon trying to leave from Cardiff Airport to get to Chile, I decided that I wasn’t a huge fan of small airports any more. The idea of a quieter start to the journey, where there’s no queue for security and the gate is a 2 minute walk away, no longer seemed worth the … More Faith in small airports restored
Spring is trying to creep in to the most southern city in the world, so it was time to start exploring more, starting with a weekend trip. I hopped over the Strait of Magallanes to go see some king penguins, and spend some time with a Chilean family in the town of Porvenir. There is … More Porvenir & Penguins
Get your dancing shoes on! Time for the big celebration in Chile that resulted in 4 days of partying, with sleep being squeezed in there somewhere. Chileans love a good party so their Fiestas Patrias was obviously going to be even bigger. It’s their independence day and is often referred to as simply dieciocho, eighteen, as … More 18th September: Fiestas Patrias
This is the third post about my winter break holiday at the end of July where I flew up to Puerto Montt with Susan for 2 weeks of exploring the region and to visit a friend’s family on the island of Chiloé. Previous posts: #1 Puerto Varas and #2 Petrohué National Park. Puerto Montt was … More Winter Break #3: Stuck in Puerto Montt
This is the second post about my winter break holiday at the end of July where I flew up to Puerto Montt for 2 weeks of exploring the region and to visit a friend’s family on the island of Chiloé. Part 1 is about my time in Puerto Varas. During my winter break I managed … More Winter Break #2: Petrohué National Park
I remember when my mum used to tell me about how you could fly on standby, where you turned up to the airport without a booking but with a bit of patience and potentially a lot of waiting, you got on whatever flight had spare seats, for a reduced price. I thought how one day … More My KLM nightmare: Denied Boarding
This was my second trip to Puerto Natales with Susan, and this time we were determined to do some outdoor activities! After visiting a school in the city, we headed to the famous Torres del Paine National Park to do some trekking. For us this was a sort of practice for when we finish teaching … More A very windy walk in Torres del Paine
I was excited to finally be able to write about travels on my blog instead of just life in Punta Arenas, but I ended up writing far too much! I didn’t want to forget the small things, so I wrote about pretty much everything. I’ll be breaking up my 2-week winter break in to multiple … More Winter Break #1: Puerto Varas
I’m afraid to say that kayaking socials in university have got absolutely nothing on how Chileans like to party. I used to think we were pretty hardcore on weekend kayaking trips, where we’d stay up “late” until 1 or 2am the night before long days of white water kayaking. But it’s a whole other ball … More How to party like a Chilean
Atlas of Adventure 