[please also see our update on 2nd January] I’m very sad to say that a fire broke out in Torres del Paine at 7pm on Tuesday (27th December). At the time of writing this post this is the most up to date and reliable reference point I have but things are changing quite rapidly. https://www.sernatur.cl/noticias/ministro-del-interior-entrego-los-ultimos-antecedentes-del-incendio-forestal-en-torres-del-paine […]
Read MoreCost of a holiday to Patagonia: macroeconomic influences
With all the excitement of the Eurozone crisis and the extraordinary economic climate currently I decided it was time to dust off my old undergraduate textbooks on International Economics. I had intended to re-build a deep understanding of the influences on exchange rate movements, and critique the different theories on the competitive advantage of […]
Read MoreCost of a Patagonia Holiday
We’re often asked to help people with the budgets for their trips, and help them understand whether (with all the different factors and variables) a trip is at the ‘cheap’ or ‘expensive’ end of the spectrum. So I thought it was time to try and answer the all important question: how much will my Adenture […]
Read MoreChance encounters in Patagonia
I’m working in a world that is so different from what I understood ‘business’ to mean when I started my career. Two recent experiences have confirmed in my mind that every chance encounter with someone new is an opportunity, but each requires a very genuine, open and human interaction, and the outcomes are typically unexpected. […]
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