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Chile (Julian) Feb 2015

Chile Highlights:
    We started in the capital city of Santiago, by far the most modern city we visited. A interesting city but not one of our favorites, you have to try a hot dog from one of the street vendors. The port of Valparaiso just outside Santiago was really cool, had a great hippy vibe. Kind of a San Francisco feel. From here we traveled up the coast of Chile and visited some cool small towns along the Pacific ocean. The city of San Pedro is in the Acadama desert (the driest in the world) and is a cool tiny star gazing town. Actually it is considered one of the best places in the world to look at the stars!! We didn’t visit any wine regions in Chile due to time constraints but heard they were really nice. 
 
We did not visit anything around Patagonia in South Argentina or Chile because it was so far but heard it was a amazing place.

Argentina (Julian) Feb 2015

Argentina Highlights:
    Buenos Aires and Mendoza! Mendoza is located at the foothills of the mountains and is the most famous wine growing region in South America. Mendoza is a small city with lots of wine and outdoor adventure activities and friendly people. We could have spent a month just here. Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and a cultural hub, called the Paris of South America. A large city with tons of neighborhoods (called barrios), very cool place to explore. Lots of people will say that there is lots of crime (muggings are common at night in some parts)but we never felt unsafe. Lots of historic things to do and markets for shopping. The city is alive all night long! It is common for locals (called portenos) to go out for drinks at 3am!

Peru (Julian) Jan 2015

Peru Highlights:
    We arrived in Peru in the capital city of Lima. We found the people very friendly and excited to share their culture (especially the food). From Lima we went to Cusco (the historic Inca city that people travel to before visiting Machu Picchu), it is possible and much cheaper to travel to Cusco from Lima by bus but we heard it was a awful ride and the flight was worth every penny. We loved the city of Cusco, very touristy and lots of cool day trips offered from the city. We did the 4 day 3 night guided hike along the Inca trail to Machu. The hike was amazing (and really hard) and we all enjoyed the hike more than the time we spent at Machu at the end of the hike. Machu Picchu was a really interesting place however there are tons of people there and it kinda feels like a tourist trap, the hike there was what made the experience.