Resting and recuperating in the small town of Puerto Varas, in Chile's Lake District.

The cute Magellanic penguins of Otway Sound, near Punta Arenas.

The Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina, is one of the few advancing glaciers in the world.

2 days walking and camping in the beautiful Torres del Paine National Park, in Chilean Patagonia.

Valparaiso, Chile's colourful second city and major port.

A couple of days in Vicuña, in the beautiful Elqui Valley and then to the seaside resort of La Serena.

The northern town of Arica, trapped between the Atacama Desert and the Pacific Ocean.

Cecile and I climbed El Toco, the 5,600m high dormant volcano, on the border between Chile and Bolivia.

The relaxed little town of San Pedro de Atacama, just over the border from Bolivia.