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Chilean Magallanes and Antarctic Region: the best holidays I've had

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To this point in my life, I haven't been to that many holidays, or at least not to really interesting places other than my grandparents house in the countryside. But in February of this year (2022 to those reading in the future) I had the opportunity to go to the very south of Chile for the first time.  My girlfriend’s family had been preparing for this holiday for a long time, and they invited me to go with them. My mother in law was planning everything along with a friend of hers, so we were ten people in total traveling together. The first stop of this one week trip was Puerto Natales. The airplane travel was horribly uncomfortable, but once we saw the landscape, we forgot everything bad that happened in the plane. It was very cold and super windy. We used the rest of the day to set up the cabin where we were going to stay (a very beautiful cabin by the way). The following days we went to La Cueva del Milodón and Torres del Paine. The scenery was breathtaking. Then, we traveled ...

Iceland: a northern destination

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Iceland: One of my dreams is to visit Iceland. I think it's a beautiful country with unbelievable landscapes. Iceland is an european country located near the Arctic Circle. It has a population of about 400.000 people, and the majority of them live in the capital Reykjavik. The first time that I heard of this country was in a movie called The secret life of Walter Mitty. I saw a scene where the protagonist goes downhill on a longboard. I was amazed by the landscapes and the road which was perfect for a longboard ride. The first thing I would do there is obviously go for a skate or longboard to imitate the scene of the movie. Immediately after I finished the movie, I started to search for more information about the country, and I discovered that it has a lot of volcanic activity. It has glaciers, mountains and geysers. Also, you can see the Northern Lights if you go outside at night. I would like to take a lot of photos if I go to Iceland, I really think it is a beautiful place. But...