Steph Dyson

There’s no better way for preparing for a trip abroad (or merely satisfying your worldly curiosity) than with a good list of reading material. Over …

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It’s no secret that I’m deeply in love with my adopted homeland, Chile. It’s fair to say that few South American countries can compete with …

Earlier this month, I hit a large travelling milestone. As of the 20th of October 2017, I’ve been living and travelling in South America for …

Say the words “northern Chile” and there’s probably only one place that pops into your head: San Pedro de Atacama. Sure, there’s a reason it’s one …

Packing for any Torres del Paine hike is no walk in the park. One of the easiest ways to make hiking the Torres del Paine …

Last March I saw an advert for a writer to author Moon Chile, part of a series of Moon guidebooks published in the USA that …

As one of the the most adventurous places to visit in South America, Patagonia deserves some serious travel time. Previously on the blog, I outlined four …

Beneath the belly of the 20-person aircraft, the verdant jungle foliage of Bolivia’s Madidi National Park scrambles to extract itself from a chaotic knot of …

As one of the absolute highlights of my second trip to Patagonia, hiking the Torres del Paine Circuit was an incredible introduction to the fierce …

Having spent over three years living in Santiago, plus multiple other trips back to Chile where I’ve hitchhiked, road-tripped, and trekked around this country, I …

One Sunday, I woke to the strangest of sounds. From my hostel bed on a busy street in La Paz, I was normally jolted awake …

With your eyes open and the light of the torches extinguished, you find yourself surrounded by the darkest shade of black that you have ever …

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The Atacama Desert is one of northern Chile’s most exciting places to visit, comprising as it does incredible landscapes of salt flats and saline lakes, …

Volunteering in South America is a life-changing way of travelling and can help you see a completely different side of the continent, all while making …

An inhospitable landscape of snow-capped peaks and sun-scorched plains, Patagonia has captured the imaginations of explorers for centuries and remains an irresistible spot for modern adventurers. …

For some, hitchhiking is a way of travelling that changes perspectives, allowing you to meet local people and really get underneath the skin of a new …

I’ve done my fair share of hitchhiking in South America. I’ve ridden on the backs of trucks in Peru and Bolivia, thumbed a lift along Chilean …

‘Ya’ in South American Spanish is a subtle, fluid word. The fact that it’s linked to time – a concept even more difficult to pin …

When you decide to give up everything that you know as your life and substitute it for a rucksack full of essentials and a one-way ticket …

I’ve always been a little afraid of hitchhiking. Perhaps it was a childhood raised on horror films; nowhere else is it so strongly affirmed that …

Although the foundations of the Ecuadorian diet are rice and potatoes and would appeal to even the pickiest of eaters, there is much to discover beyond the …

Sat on the toilet the other day, I experienced my first ever Chilean earthquake. I’ll admit that my initial concern when the toilet bowl beneath …