Category: Chile

I really wanted to visit Valparaiso while I was in Chile because my great-grandfather, a Scottish sea captain, was here in 1892 and 1893. It’s not surprising that he was here because it used to be the main port of Chile in those days, and a major stopping-off point for ships travelling between the Atlantic… Continue reading Valparaiso … Jewel of the Pacific

The name Chile means ‘the end of the world’ in the local Mapuche language. The Mapuche come from southern-central Chile and Patagonia, and when you get down to Patagonia you understand their thinking. It’s remote, with spectacular volcanoes, sinister low-hanging cloud and strange creatures not seen elsewhere in South America, like the pudu, a tiny… Continue reading A visit to the End of the World …