Flying over the Andes into Santiago is an impressive end to a long flight from Sydney.
We spent a couple of days in Santiago, exploring the city and nearby mountains before boarding the Zaandam for a painting workshop down the Chilean coast, down to the Antarctic Peninsular then back up the East Coast of South America to Buenos Aires.
The Andes from our hotel window
Giant Condors from a ski resort above Santiago
Ski Resort – minus snow
The port area of Santiago has some interesting businesses, colorful shops and unattractive vessels.
Mountains of containers dwarf the local fishing boats
Leaving Santiago and heading south took us through interesting country under the backdrop of the Andes.
Stilt houses in Castro on the island of Chiloe
Castro – beautiful wooden boat takes shape.
Empanadas
Fishing Boats – Castro
Patagonian farm shed
Rio Simpson
Rock walls – Rio Simpson, Patagonia
As we headed south the country became less inhabited, the mountains higher and the temperature cooler. The most common habitation was fish farming settlements.
Ice started to appear in the water and we began to see glaciers.
Some ships never made it out of the labyrinth of channels through the fjords
Carefully stacked containers on the docks at Punta Arenas
Southern Chile is cold, wet, salty and windy – buildings tend to be functional rather than decorative.
Punta Arenas
Shivering Cormorants
Replica of Shackleton’s modified dingy that took him and five of his men, through mountainous seas, from Antarctica to South Georgia Island
Ushuaia – the most southern town in the world
Ushuaia’s isolation meant that building materials were limited to what could be easily transported. They did some fancy construction with corrugated iron.
The pan America Highway starts in Alaska and ends in Ushuaia, where this tiny Citroen had just arrived, in the process of transporting a family of three 200,000kms around the world.
Mt Olivia behind Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego lighthouse
Splashing Paint 
Fascinating as ever, thank you for sharing your adventures.
Thank you again for sending your wonderful photography.
Thank you both. WhY an amazing trip. I can see lots ofpaintings for you here. Regards Valerie
Bloody wonderful photos . Have a wonderful time. I think you will have to make a book of your photos combined with the paintings from them. Interesting.
These are among the most interesting photos you have ever posted. Hope the workshop went well.
Enjoyed the journey through your photography… thank you
These are beautiful. What wonderful adventures you have. I agree with the other comment that you should include all these fantastic photos in a book as you have such a special way of looking at and recording the world around you. Don’t ever stop. Love you guys.
Wunderschöne und eindrückliche Photos!!!!Danke für’s Zeigen!
Fantastic shots of another slice of life. A springboard for creativity. Thanks for sharing.
Any chance of a class on the amalfi coast in 2020?
A really great variety of photos here, John. I can see some fabulous paintings coming from this lot. Love the colourful shop front and stilted houses. Also the rusty iron building. Great subject matters!
Fabulous travel tour and I can see for paintings already from your photos. 😊
Welcome home J n D
These photos are incredible, Lach has had Patagonia on his list for ages, and I am a little keener after seeing these.
What cruise ship and line did you go on?
And when n where do you go again?
Love Dxx