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Category: Americas

What’s new, New York?

6 February 2023 Pat Hindley Americas, Favourites, New York, USA

There are not many cities I could imagine travelling to nine times, but New York is in a special category[…]

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Rhinebeck: even better than the movies

23 January 2023 Pat Hindley Americas, New York, USA

If you watch American TV shows or movies you’ll likely have seen small towns like Rhinebeck and thought they look[…]

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Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz: the heart of a Chilean wine valley

9 September 2018 Pat Hindley Americas, Chile, South America

Unless you’re a surfer, nice beaches are surprisingly hard to come by in Chile, so we decided to end our[…]

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Puerto Varas: picture perfect volcano views

26 August 2018 Pat Hindley Americas, Chile, South America

When I read that Puerto Varas was set on beautiful Lake Llanquihue with views of not one but two snow[…]

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Valparaiso

Visiting Valparaiso: Chile’s most colourful city

15 June 2018 Pat Hindley Americas, Chile, South America

The most obvious colour to talk about in Valparaiso is in the countless murals painted on doors and walls all[…]

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Torres del Paine

Torres del Paine: the clue is in the name

25 March 2018 Pat Hindley Americas, Chile, South America

Sitting in the sunshine in Patagonia’s beautiful French Valley, part of the Torres del Paine national park, with a huge[…]

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Chiloe’s unique churches and charms

20 March 2018 Pat Hindley Americas, Chile, South America

Imagine a place that’s unlike anywhere you’ve travelled before and you’ll have an idea of what to expect on Chiloe,[…]

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Santiago

Santiago: Chile’s colourful, cultured capital

12 March 2018 Pat Hindley Americas, Chile, South America, What's trending

Colourful, cultured and cosmopolitan weren’t necessarily the words I thought I’d be using to describe Chile’s capital Santiago. I knew[…]

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