A journey along the length of Chile takes you through a mind blowing variation of climates and ecosystems. I am fortunate enough to have done it twice in both directions. For the purpose of this blog I will review the magnificent journey through this long and narrow country from Patagonia in the south all the way up to the Atacama Desert in the far north. Chile's most southern most city is that of Punta Arenas which was first established in the mid 1800s as a penal colony, bu