Another great sleep, despite trucks moving during the night. Importantly the wind died down and the Caranex was still. Wifi was very spasmodic but once most of the trucks had left by 8.30am, it became good enough to get Jen’s blog from yesterday, posted. It took the claw hammer to…
Yesterday, while photographing the Green or Blue lake, three males asked me where we came from. “New Zealand”, I said. The older one repeated it in Spanish to his younger protege’s. He then said to me in English, “Maori”. “Very impressive”, I said to him. He then went on to…
Last nights camp was excellent. Again, clean, tidy operational facilities. We must have turned a corner..:) Run by a little old lady. Most men haven’t got a clue…:) Today we have to book a ferry to cross the next piece of water. Or do we? Jen has been worrying about…
Distance traveled, so far. Looking at the miles we have driven since Cartagena, nearly 3 months ago…8100miles or 13000k’s. We still have another 2500 k’s to go to get to Ushuaia, at the bottom of South America. Then start the journey north again, on the eastern side of the continent.…
Some priority’s. Resolve the wifi issue. It’s difficult to know the meaning of the repeated txt messages from the cell phone company. Are they about to terminate our supply? Are they trying to sell us something? So after packing up and saying good-bye to our reclusive neighbour’s beautiful border collie…
Jen mentioned the fact that the camp owners seemed to be dealing with a flood, when we arrived yesterday!. Clearly they are diverting a stream through their property and allowing it to flood the fields used for camping. I noticed water build-up in the field next to us and wondered…
With some regret, we moved on from this lovely campground. Actually, it’s the back and front yard of a private house but with plenty of grass and space for campers. Grape vines, olive, apple trees and a soccer field, set the scene. Lovely warm showers and even hot water at…
A day of sightseeing Our objective today, was to see some of Chile’s capital, Santiago. Population, a smidge under 7milliom. 40% of Chile’s population live in the Santiago metropolitan area. Established as the capital, by Spanish Conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, pictured below, in 1541. Santiago, the city Santiago is the…
A day of being lost, and motorways. Leaving our sadly dilapidated campsite this morning around 10.45am, sat-nav said, turn left! We are on a dirt track about 1.5k’s from the main road, and should turn right to get back onto it. However, the thought of cutting off the 9 k’s…
Camping sites, when there are no other campers, are brilliant. Not that we are anti-social, but it’s so relaxing. Today, we have decided to camp again, close by, and Jen has found a camp with great write-ups on iOverlander. So we headed for it. Stopping along the way to see…