Patagonia Archives - Matt Dursum

Best Meals from One Year in Latin America: South America

By wayfarersoliloquy | November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 by wayfarersoliloquy

Words and photos by Matt Dursum For one year, my girlfriend and I have been successfully living in Latin America. We started part one of this journey into butchering our way through Spanish fluency and getting our careers as newbie journalists off the ground in Mexico. Part two started in Chile. We have since moved slowly through the continent’s southern stretches of coastline, forest, and mountains. Out of all the delectable food we’ve eaten along…

Diving Into the World of Empanadas

By wayfarersoliloquy | August 23, 2022January 28, 2024 by wayfarersoliloquy

Photography by Samantha Demangate Come escape with me into one of the world’s best comfort foods: the empanada. Portable pockets of goodness, either baked or fried, empanadas are ubiquitous in the South American diet. Imagine Crispy folds of roasted dough encasing savory fillings of minced meats, seafood, olives, and spices. These beautiful little envelopes of flavor fuel people of all classes and backgrounds and can cause heated contention; almost to the level of football. The…

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Chilean Highways: Valdivia to Pichilemu

By wayfarersoliloquy | May 9, 2022January 28, 2024 by wayfarersoliloquy

Photography by Samantha Demangate It’s rare to see blue skies all day in Chile’s Lake District. This portion of Patagonia belongs to the moniker ‘the roaring forties’ and it often lives up to it. On March 13, 2022, however, it was sunnier than Phoenix in June. We had just spent a week immersed in Chiloé Island and were now ready for our return trip to Santiago. For this stretch we set off to discover the…

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Chilean Highways: Chiloe Islands

By wayfarersoliloquy | May 2, 2022January 28, 2024 by wayfarersoliloquy

Photography by Samantha Demangate Temperate rainforests, endless coasts, and bottomless seafood? Sounds intriguing. Witchy tales and maritime superstitions? Ok, getting better. Penguins frolicking in untouched, perfect surf? Count me in! The enchanting Chiloe Islands lies in the Patagonian Lake District, at about 41°S to 43°S in latitude, on Southern Chile’s rain soaked coastline. Chiloé is famous for its nature, rich traditions, and ancient folklore. On top of that, its Palafitos—colorful wooden buildings built on stilts…

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Chilean Highways: Santiago to Puerto Montt

By wayfarersoliloquy | April 14, 2022May 9, 2022 by wayfarersoliloquy

What could be better than an open road journey at the bottom of South America? In March 2022, we loaded up a car and headed out on an adventure from Santiago to Patagonia to discover the continent’s untouched Pacific wilderness and the beauty within it. Santiago is a big city. Traffic moves noisily and neurotically. Exit ramps miraculously appear out of thin air and everyone is in a hurry. Just before noon on a scorching…

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