I thought I was prepared. After driving thousands of miles in Chile, I assumed driving in Patagonia would just be “more of the same”. Long roads. Beautiful landscapes. A few potholes. Nothing dramatic. I was wrong. Driving in Patagonia is not just driving. It is isolation. It is wind that moves your car sideways. It […]

I thought driving in Santiago would just be “big city traffic”. I had driven in Paris, Munich, even Amsterdam at rush hour. I assumed I knew what I was getting into. I did not. Driving in Santiago feels like controlled chaos. Not reckless chaos. Not complete madness. But a constant, fast moving, highly alert kind […]

I love driving. I thought getting an international driver’s license meant I was ready to go. Wrong. Driving in Chile was completely different from anything I was used to in Europe. And I do not just mean a little different, it felt like learning how to drive in another world. First of all, Chile is […]