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We have had three days “at sea”, but land was nearly always in sight. We sailed through the Beagle channel, wove our way through a myriad of Chilean archipelagos, channels and into fjords. We left Ushuaia (at the bottom) on the Beagle Channel west-bound, then weaved north and east, turning west again on Cockburn Channel Read more

Today was a day to celebrate Chilean cuisine and drink. We’re back on land for the day at lovely Puerto Montt, where the boats try to out-color the homes. We joined a cruise line excursion called A Taste of Chile: Fresh fusion. Our group of 24 started out in a little bus to the local Read more

After another day at sea, we arrived in San Antonio, Chile. The capital of Chile, Santiago, lies nearly 2 hours inland east, and the city on the hills, Valparaiso, is an hour and half north from San Antonio. We took a cruise line excursion called Valparaiso Porteno Artist Studio that allowed us to visit three Read more

Coquimbo is the port city where we docked today. It’s our last stop in Chile. We’ve no shore excursions planned for today. Instead we’ll head out on our own for a few markets in La Serena. It was a 30 minute cab ride to La Serena, a mostly Oceanside resort town. In the cab, we Read more

A quick check on the map and I see we are crossing the Tropic of Capricorn today, off the coast of northern Chile. This is a sure sign of more tropical weather to come. I was doing my walking laps on the Promenade Deck today, when you see people running over to look out into Read more