Yesterday we called in again at the Falkland Islands and I signed up for the Falkland Battlefields tour. The Falklands are of course famous for the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over the sovereignty of the islands (known in Spanish as Las Islas Malvinas).With so much talk in the media over the last few [...]

I decided to shoot everything at 55mm in Puerto Chacabuco. Normally I like to shoot at wideangle and my telephoto lenses are vastly underused. I like wideangle because of the perspective and it forces me to get close to the subject. Everything looks amazing through a 24mm lens. But the time had come to force [...]

I’ve just had a story published on the Timesonline website. To see it go to the Timesonline Your World website and choose South America from the continent list on the right, then Chile, and the story is titled The Most Unusual Church and the Biggest Rhubarb I’ve Ever Seen. You can also read it below:The [...]

These photos were taken from the deck of the cruise ship in the evening as we approached the small Chilean town of Puerto Chacabuco, which lies at the end of a narrow fjord. This part of Patagonia is very beautiful. Forested mountains rise out of the water, clouds swirling around their peaks. It’s cold and [...]

Coquimbo was a one off port of call for us on our 18 day South America cruise. North of Valparaiso, the hot dry sun was a welcome change after the cold weather of the south.
Coquimbo is another Chilean coastal town surrounded by hills and tin houses. Wide concrete staircases led up the hills. It was [...]