We only spent a short amount of time in Chile – two weeks. It’s an expensive country, and we were on a tight schedule to get to Easter island and then on to buenos aires, so that we could detour back to the states for a bit. We stayed in three places:
We may end up spending a few more days in Chilean Patagonia later on, but for now, here’s what helped us most:
- Rain shells. It rained while we were on Easter island, a lot, every day (there was a tropical depression that settled on the island for exactly the days we were there). Our shells (mine is a marmut and stef’s is from the north face, in case you’re curious) really pulled their weight to keep us dry. In fact, I had been planning to dump my shell when we came back to the states, but my Easter island experience convinced me otherwise.
- Unlocked cell phone. This was a huge time-saver in Santiago, because we made a few day trips outside of the city, and the cellphone let us coordinate travel and sights without a guidebook or problems.
- Travel towels. Yes! Easter island was so wet and rainy that we had to trade off between our quick-dry towels and the towels in our hostel.
- Travel Clothesline. I don’t normally pick four things, but the clothesline really came in handy when drying out our wet gear on Easter island. Props to it!
It’s unusual to post about four things, but these really worked out for us, even in the short period of time we were in Chile…
[...] View original post here: Glad we had these in Chile! « Stef and Matt [...]