Chile to Argentina

Previous short trips to Latin America had left us with just a few words of Spanish, but travelling for six months in Spanish speaking countries gave us the opportunity to build considerably on the little we remembered. We wanted to take some lessons early in our trip, and decided to spend a week taking Spanish lessons for 3 hours every morning in the small city of Puerto Varas.

Chile - Wine, Surfing, and Hiking

The first few weeks in South America were fairly quiet by design as we eased into a completely different kind of travelling. The US was easy. Having the car and trailer allowed us to go where we wanted, when we wanted. Our bed, kitchen, dining and living rooms were all contained in a 16' trailer attached to our car. We spoke the language reasonably well, although I never did manage to master "y'all."

Landings

We had about two weeks between the end of our Grand Canyon hike and our departure to South America. That seemed like lots of time when we looked at the calendar, but once we left the North Rim everything seemed very rushed. The last big "destination" on our US tour was Zion National Park in southern Utah.