South America

The Art of Ceviche & Pisco
The Art of Ceviche & Pisco

The Art of Ceviche & Pisco

The saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do… and I say, when in Santiago, eat Peruvian! Someone from Chile will have to explain to me why there are so many Peruvian restaurants in Santiago, either Chile has…

Images from Argentina
Images from Argentina

Images from Argentina

Argentina was a strategic jump off and routing point for getting down to Antarctica, and of course on its own is a very worthwhile destination.  A few images from the various places I stopped so far in Argentina are posted…

Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 2 – The Hiking
Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 2 – The Hiking

Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 2 – The Hiking

My decision about hiking in Patagonia, was very simple – “Not To”.  Yet I didn’t escape hiking totally as I wound up doing some hiking on my own in the area around the Fitz Roy range in Argentina out of…

Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 1 – The Winds
Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 1 – The Winds

Patagonia Didn’t Kill Me – The Non-Hiker’s Overview – Part 1 – The Winds

If you want to understand my thoughts (and trepidations) about Patagonia before I got there, read my pre-trip post A Palanquin for Patagonia? – The Honeybadger’s Upcoming Trip to South America and Beyond.. Logistics My arrival in Patagonia was preceded…

A Palanquin for Patagonia? – The Honeybadger’s Upcoming Trip to South America and Beyond..
A Palanquin for Patagonia? – The Honeybadger’s Upcoming Trip to South America and Beyond..

A Palanquin for Patagonia? – The Honeybadger’s Upcoming Trip to South America and Beyond..

As I am sure you can imagine, as the temperature starts to drop in the fall, a Honeybadger’s mind turns to thinking about warmer climates and new opportunities for adventure..  In this case however,  my winter getaway has been in…

Peru
Peru

Peru

Check out the Peru image gallery, including images from Manu National Park in the Peruvian Amazon, Cuzco, and then Machu Pichu and the Sacred Valley. The Wandering Honeybadger

Putting “the Coca Back into Coca-Cola” or Dealing with Altitude Sickness When Traveling
Putting “the Coca Back into Coca-Cola” or Dealing with Altitude Sickness When Traveling

Putting “the Coca Back into Coca-Cola” or Dealing with Altitude Sickness When Traveling

View from nearly 15,000 feet elevation, going over the backbone of the Andes. Going “High” in South America Recently I had a five-week trip planned for South America, with the goals of getting to the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, Machu…

Portraits from The Galapagos – A Destination In, And Of, Change
Portraits from The Galapagos – A Destination In, And Of, Change

Portraits from The Galapagos – A Destination In, And Of, Change

Galapagos Land Tortoise – well armoured and safely tucked in for a snooze. The Galapagos Islands are all about “change”. The islands themselves were created and deposited by undersea volcanoes moving along due to continental drift over millions of years…