1. One day while wandering around the centro in Santiago I came upon a small coffee shop arrestingly named Cafe Passion. Its large shop window had been fully blacked out adding to the allure. Once inside the first sensation was heat. The place was at least 80 degrees. Then there was the dark. […]
After clearing the needlessly complicated immigration and customs procedures, we finally pull away from the pier in Valpariso at 4pm on November 27 making our way west to the tiny Juan Fernandez archipelago. Lying 413 miles due west, the chain has but three islands only one of which, Robinson Crusoe, is inhabited and it only by 500 souls in the village of San Juan Bautista. […]
This is the major port city of Chile and located immediately adjacent to Vina del Mar, so our travel here was brief. With the help of Navy Captain Sergio Bascunan, the Chief of Operations for the 1st Naval District and a new compadre, we secure a birth alongside the commercial wharf in downtown Valpariso. […]
When Indigo first arrived in Vina del Mar, it became apparent that some crew changes were necessary. This decision led to the hiring of Capt. John Watson and his wife Fiona. John is a veteran of twenty years as an officer in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy distinguishing himself as a superb leader and navigator. […]
After an easy two day cruise, Indigo arrives at the beautiful coastal vacation city of Vina del Mar, meaning vinyard by the sea. Its high coastal hills, eucalyptus and pine trees and balmy climate remind me of Monterey, California, though its culture is more that of Miami Beach. […]