On the Sunday I made a decision to head to one of the places in a hostel guide I had picked up at some point when traveling with Mum and Dad. Originally I was going to head South to Pucon where there was an opportunity to stay on a ranch, do lots of riding and […]
Read the rest of Sunday 9th November – Santiago to Colbun Lake
Algarobbo is about an hour away from Santiago and we left plenty of time for Mum and Dad to get into the airport on time. Once in the car park the guy from Trekker, where the van was rented from, turned up as expected at the right time and we did the handover. It was […]
Read the rest of Friday 7th November to Saturday 8th November – Algarobbo to Santiago and Zelma´s desertion!
We headed into town in the morning and I put my laundry in. We also spent a little while looking for a clinic, doctor or dentist. This was as, about two days after being assaulted in Wanaka, I developed a strange solid lump in my mouth. Since then it hasn´t gone down and I vary […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 5th (Mum´s Birthday!) to Thursday 6th November – Algarobbo
We got up, admired the views and headed to the camp entrance where the ranger seemed fine about us having made our own way to the camping area. Having asked about the available walks in the park we decided to opt for one which took you to a waterfall. It was meant to be four […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 4th November – Parque National de Campana to Algorobbo
We left the campsite and headed to Fray Jorge which we had not been able to access the previous evening. After the obligatory chat to the ranger to give the ridiculous number of details from name to occupation to shoe size, we headed into the park. We stopped at an information centre before heading up […]
Read the rest of Monday 3rd November – Termos de Socos to Parque Nacionale La Campana
After a relaxing few days in Vicuna we continued our journey South on one of the mountain roads. When I say one of the mountain roads here, the road was more like a track and, at some parts, very worrying with great drops to the sides. It was proper 4 x 4 territory, if only […]
Read the rest of Sunday 2nd November – Vicuna to Socos
We left Bathia Inglesia and drove back to Vicuna where we let ourselves into the campsite where we had stayed formerly. We had loved the town in Vicuna and the campsite not only had a lovely pool but beautiful views down over the town of Vicuna and the valley. It was also high enough into […]
Read the rest of Thursday 30th October to Saturday 1st November – Bathia Inglesia to Vicuna
In the morning Mum and I headed out to the local artisans stalls in the village and then headed to the nearby town to get supplies in the supermarket. We spent the rest of the day back at the cabana relaxing, along with Dad, feeding the birds and reading around the pool. There were a […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 29th October – Bathia Inglesia
In the morning we went through Taltal and went to the town museum. The place was very informative and had a good collection of pieces from the time when the town was the Northern port of Chile. There were also other pieces like skulls and old, Chilean pottery. I´m always conscious that I sound amazingly […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 28th October – Taltal to Bathia Inglesia
Where we had camped was relatively close to Baquedano and we continued on the road into the town. In the town itself there was a small museum which contained a really fascinating collection of antiquities. I don´t really know how to describe it actually, there were things collected from the old mine houses with row […]
Read the rest of Monday 27th October – Nowhere to Taltal