Five days hiking around Torres del Paine was cold, exhausting and breathtaking. This is the first time we have been able to combine a hike with a fancy glacial boat tour. We were just a few feet away from a massive glacier that was around 5 km wide and 37km long - huge. The lake we travelled on to reach the glacier was equally beautiful with blue icebergs bobbing around in the water. We could have been in Antarctica if it wasn't for the nearby mountains o...

Happy New Year! We have arrived in Chile in a beach town city, Iquique. (The city Ximena some time growing up in). We have broken the bank by splurging out on a 5 star hotel to cleanse ourselves. This entails having breakfast dined on us, strolling the beaches, kicking back drinking, and watching the sun set over the Pacific Ocean. Spending our days holidaying rather than travelling. I know for those of you back home drudging through the nine to five ro...