Andes Archives - In the Know Traveler

Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni

by ITKT Featured Writer | Jul 28, 2017 | Bolivia, South America, Spotlight | 0 |

Bolivia and the Salt Flats Something Different in Bolivia Gazing out at the ethereal landscape, I...

Cemeteries and Penguins in Southern Chile

by Susan Tornga | Apr 26, 2009 | Chile, Spotlight | 0 |

I was doubly blessed that Christmas Eve. December in the Southern Hemisphere is a time of lingering twilight and balmy summer air, or what passes for "balmy"? in southern Chile. I was in Punta Arenas, where the Chilean...

Crossing the Andes

by Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo | Jul 17, 2008 | Argentina, Chile, ITKT Blogs | 0 |

I was in Mendoza, a desert in the west of Argentina that is now wine country, taking tours of vineyards and wineries and tasting the local Malbecs (Argentine wine). I was having a lovely time, but all I could do was stare off...

Argentina ’08 (video podcast)

by Wayfarer Digital | Apr 3, 2008 | Argentina, ITKT Videos | 0 |

After I returned from Rio de Janiero I remember thinking, how have I missed Buenos Ares. If only time and money weren’t a factor. Fortunately, I caught up with the beguiling Evangelina of Argentina at the recent Los...