Adventure Travel Blog Posts

In Chile, we’ve been giving our kids more individual accountability and responsibility as gain confidence in the community and establish our lifestyle here. At first, we were hesitant to let the kids outside of the walls surrounding the courtyard of our home, but now they can buzz themselves in and out of the gate. We’ve […]

This bookmark the kids picked up at the library has an Einstein quote in Spanish. Translated into English, it means “Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.” It struck me as strange that Chilean’s gain inspiration from an Einstein quote in Spanish, as I’m quite sure the man didn’t speak Spanish. It […]

We made a last minute call to attend a concert tonight at a cultural center in the neighborhood. We had some expat friends attending, which motivated us to push ourselves to leave the house after dinner. This is not something we normally do. Once night falls, we tend to hole up, still sticking to our […]

English language books in Santiago are hard to obtain, especially new books. In book stores, the English language section is tiny, as Jane discovered in our first week in Chile. The used book market among expats is strong. We’ve bought boxes of books for the kids to enjoy. The Santiago Community Church, which we’ve been […]

The above picture is the view from one side of our house, and those mountains in the distance can be seen from all over Santiago. It seems that on every clear night, people are hiking the mountains. Right after sunset, when it’s dark, headlamps switch on at the summit. Until about 11pm, we see headlamps […]

We hiked last weekend on a cloudy day at Santuario de la Naturaleza el Arrayán. It’s a private park about fifteen minutes from our front door. It’s a bit on the pricey side of outdoor hiking activities, though it was enjoyable. Kid’s weren’t enthused for hiking in the cold, but we got some smiles here […]

Jane was having a bad day. She had lost the iPad due to bad behavior and was downright despondent about the boring conditions here. She refused to play Chile’s knockoff equivalent of Jenga, Torre De Madera. Who can resist a Jenga tower though? I set it up on the table and waited ten minutes until […]

When we chose Chile for a year of adventure, one of our reasons was wanting to live in a country where we could explore within it’s national borders. With Covid protocols varying from country to country, we didn’t want to skip around countries, dealing with different restrictions, quarantines, and unexpected requirements.  Chile seemed an ideal […]

Wilson’s hooked on Parque Araucano skatepark. It is a pretty cool facility. I had some hesitancy taking him into the skatepark for the first time. It was a Friday afternoon. Skater teens were all over, and I wasn’t certain how they were going to take to Wilson, who was the only one to show up […]