Patagonia: Santiago to Ushuaia — South to the End of the World

This is the first post in a series documenting a five-week road trip through Patagonia — Santiago to Ushuaia, south to the end of the world. Two people, one hire car (then a ute), and 6,329 kilometres. If you’re new here, this is the place to start.

Some people collect stamps. We collect roads.

It started modestly enough — Israel and Jordan, then Europe, then the USA. Each trip a little further from comfortable, a little deeper into the unknown. Then Siberia’s Road of Bones. Then Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Then Peru and Bolivia, where Daryl drove the Death Road and Janine shook in the back seat.

Each book on the shelf represents a road taken, a country understood a little better through its food, its people, and its driving conditions.

This is book six. Patagonia. Santiago to Ushuaia — south to the end of the world. Five weeks, two vehicles, twenty-nine switchbacks, and one extraordinary cooking lesson.

The roads keep getting longer. We’re not complaining.


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The journey continues:

Santiago, Chile: How to Arrive Properly
Tatán + Caracoles Chilean Home Cooking and Twenty-Nine Switchbacks: Santiago to the Andes
Colchagua Valley Chile’s Wine Country: Two Days in the Colchagua Valley

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