It is a relatively short drive from Calafate (less than two hours) to Lago Roca, where Travels With Sheila and the group camped for a few nights during a Patagonia trip. (Read about this Patagonia Adventure on Travels With Sheila.) The best time (and really the only time tour operators schedule travel to Patagonial) is [...]
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The Moreno Glacier in Patagonia, Argentina
October 13th, 2010 
Sheila Simkin 
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The Challenging Inca Trail in Peru Requires Stamina
February 7th, 2010 Sheila Simkin ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and I were fortunate enough to hike the Inca Trail years ago. Before the Peruvian Government put trail restrictions in place to control the hordes of hikers that were beginning to degrade the trail and turn the entire journey into one, big bottleneck. There is nothing easy about the traditional Inca Trail [...]
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Shore Excursion to Cabulco on The Fjords of Chile Cruise
July 9th, 2008 Sheila Simkin The ship spent the night anchored in Castro and left early the next morning…View image…through the Quehui and Calcahue Channels before dropping anchor at Dalcahue, a little town on Chiloe with interesting crafts. From there, the Skorpios sailed on to Cabulco, the oldest town in the region on the Island of Huelmo. Off the ship [...]
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A Shore Excursion to Small Chiloe Island, Chile
July 8th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Castro, Chiloe is the former capital of the province and was founded in 1567. You can ferry between the island and the mainland of Chile. Fishing is the main economic activity but it was interesting to find out that the most widely grown variety of potato in the world is indigenous to the island. Casto [...]
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Boating Around the Ice Bergs in Laguna San Rafael, Chile
July 7th, 2008 Sheila Simkin In several lifeboats, we continued motoring around Laguna San Rafael with ice bergs everywhere and the imposing San Rafael Glacier. Laguna San Rafael was discovered in the 16th century by a Spanish navigator, Sir Juan Garcia Tao. The 15km/9.3m San Rafael Glacier forms an impressive wall nearly 2km/1.3m wide. The boats took us in very [...]
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Cruising Into Laguna San Rafael and The Glaciers of Chile
July 6th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Most days along the route, the Skorpios would come to a stop, lower nets and fishing boats would dump loads of crab, more fresh oysters, clams, and sea urchins onto the deck. I must have eaten at least two dozen oysters for lunch one day. A dozen raw and a dozen baked with cheese. Unlimited [...]
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Cruising Through Chilean Waters on The Skorpios I
July 5th, 2008 Sheila Simkin It was another calm, sunny day and the Skorpios was steaming ahead. After lunch, ex-Marine and I decided to go below, shower and take a “brief nap.” Completely naked, we suddenly heard the ship’s alarm and sirens go off. We looked at each other and said…”Oh, my God…we’re sinking!” Panic set in and with shaking [...]
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Cruising To A Fishing Village in The Fjords of Chile
July 4th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Those sleeping pills were fantastic. Man oh man, would I love a prescription for those. Too bad they are probably outlawed in most countries. One of the passengers didn’t believe they would work and took TWO of them. She almost overdosed and spent the next morning being walked around the decks (and held up under [...]
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Th Skorpios Cruise Began in Puerto Montt to Visit the Glacier Area of Chile
July 3rd, 2008 Sheila Simkin We made our way through Argentina and Chile’s Lake District by a variety of transportation. From Puella, a motor launch across Lago Todo Los Santos to Petrohue where we boarded a bus for a two-hour ride along Lago Llanquihue to Puerto Montt for the evening. The Lake District is beautiful and can easily be seen [...]
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Cruising Through The Fjords and Glaciers of Chile
July 2nd, 2008 Sheila Simkin I read a brochure about a small boat called the M/N Skorpios I that cruised through the Fjords of Chile over 20 years ago. ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and I were in the process of putting together an ambitious trip that included: Buenos Aires, Argentina; a flight to Bariloche; a surface crossing through Argentina’s Lake Country [...]
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