Over the last few weeks I have been writing about our incredible trip to Patagonia. The culmination of the trip was a visit to Isla Magdalena to see the Magellanic Penguins. On the day we arrived there were about 30,000 penguins on the island. During other times of the year there can be upwards of […]
Our first adventure was a gorgeous 20-mile horseback ride through some beautiful landscape. It was quite an adventure with many wonderful experiences but also with many challenges and perhaps even a Romance Novel Fantasy. I had not been on a horse in over a year (the last time was when I was in Chile last […]
Last month I had the pleasure of taking 8 clients on a multi-sport adventure in Patagonia Chile. I will be writing about it over the next several weeks but to fully understand my posts you will have to become familiar with what certain phrases mean. It is sort of like reading the real estate section […]
I am not referring to Facebook. I am not referring to Twitter. What I am referring to is following our tracks via SPOT! Today I am leaving (actually I left at 12:30 am) with 6 friends, fellow kayak instructors and safari clients for a multisport trip to Patagonia Chile. We are going to go horseback […]
Those who know me know I love dogs. The love may not be a strong enough term. I am obsessed with dogs particularly my dog the famous “Heidi Feldstein” – actress and writer (you can read her deathless prose here). Whenever I am traveling I always miss her (oh yeah and my wife) and so […]
After 3 days on the boat it was time to say goodbye to our hosts. Fortunately I still had a few extra days and even more fortunately I had met some great people on the boat as well. So my new friends Nick Mead of Auckland Sea Kayaks and Mike Ritenour of Underwater Design Development […]
After visiting Punta Arenas and kissing the toes of a statue it was time to board a boat to start sailing through the Straits of Magellan. We boarded the Stella Australis in the afternoon and after a delicious dinner and my first taste of the local cocktail Pisco Sours (yum-yum) I turned in for the […]
Adventures Already Starting During My First Night in Punta Arenas As part of my trip at the invitation of the Chilean Government, which I mentioned in my previous blog post, I traveled to the town of Punta Arenas. It is the southernmost city in Chile. In my first 24 hours there I was already involved […]