A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile, that started on Oct. 23 (yet to be posted) Calama Atacama ( here ) The driver who piked us up from the Calama's hotel to transfer us to the San Pedro's hotel resort , arrived an hour later then expected, when actually, filling in, for another driver who hasn't shown up, We arrived at San Pedro at late lunch hour. with a welcoming bottle of wine awaiting in the room, to compensate for the lateness... and to

This is a continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which started on Oct 23rd (yet to be posted) Sunday Nov. 16th, was spent  half a day in air.. After yesterday's heavy showers in the verdant southern city of Puerto Monnt, the weather and colors drastically transformed upon landing in the oasis desert city - Calama of the north. From Port Montt via Santiago to the Desert Actually we were lucky to have made it,

This trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Since reading the book of Chilean author - Isabel Allende, few years ago, named:" A Long Petals of the Sea "   along with Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's  magical poems , (1971 winner of Nobel Prize for Literature) I was intrigued to tour this geographically elongated, diverse landscape - the country of   Chile of in South America Actually, the original air tickets we had for October's t