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
In the morning the Germans had obviously headed out for the day, presumably to the hot springs as you had to leave at some unearthly hour in the morning to get to the geysers in time to watch them erupt at sunrise. This meant that we were greeted by a very bleary eyed Louis whose […]
Read the rest of Sunday 26th October – San Pedro to nowhere
We woke up at the campsite and were greeted by the ever friendly Louis. The previous night Louis had, helpfully, assisted me with my tent so that it looked like a large tree had fallen on it several times. He appeared to have taken a shine to me. That and a combination of being slightly […]
Read the rest of Saturday 25th October – San Pedro de Atacama
Having eaten breakfast we said out Goodbyes to Juan Lopez and Basile Fawlty and headed to San Pedro de Atacama, a well visited base from which to explore the Atacama desert. For those of you who don´t know your deserts the Atacama it the driest desert in the World and some places have no recorded […]
Read the rest of Friday 24th October – Juan Lopez to San Pedro de Atacama