We decided to take a different route out through the majority of the park and set off having given the key back to the ranger. The rest of the park was equally beautiful with hills, cacti and spectacular views. Once back on the main road we stopped for lunch at a roadside restaurant. Throughout […]
Read the rest of Thursday 23rd October – Pan d´Azucar to Juan Lopez
Having admired the wonderful surroundings over breakfast we headed into the local fishing village where we got a boat out to Pan d´Azucar with two of the local fishermen. It was great being on the sea and after a short while we got to the island. The island looked two tone in colour with grey […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 22nd October – Pan d´Azucar
We left the tranquil campsite in Vicuna and continued to head North. The roads continued to be stunning and the views down over the West coast of Chile were amazing. We were headed to one of the many National Parks in Chile, Parque Nationale Pan d´Azucar. The literal translation of the name is sugar loaf, […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 21st October – Vicuna to Pan d´Azucar
On the Monday we relaxed in the morning then headed into town. I spent a little bit of time online and then met Mum and Dad in the centre square where we people watched and read. You could hire bikes and cars propelled by undersized electric batteries and it was hilarious watching the Chilean kids […]
Read the rest of Monday 20th October – Vicuna
We left Socos and continued North. There´s a pattern emerging here for the more astute of you! when we got to Vicuna we instantly fell in love with the beautiful town with a lovely leafy square in the middle. The town is along the Elqui valley which, along with producing some great Chilean wine, makes […]
Read the rest of Sunday 19th October – Socos to Vicuna
So, after a good night´s sleep we had breakfast at the Cabana where the owner gave Mum a keyring with a horse brass and a plastic Chilean flag. After, somewhat cleverly, admiring the flag I was given one too. We carried on North towards the Parque Nationale de Chinchillas along a road with yet more […]
Read the rest of Saturday 18th October – Los Vilos to Socos
I woke up in good time on the Friday thankfully. Actually, it wasn´t -that- good time, but it was okay, if the traffic wasn´t bad and I didn´t have any fateful events like the previous day. I was pleased to have located the airport formerly and got there easily. When I arrived at the car […]
Read the rest of Friday 17th October – Santiago to Los Vilos
So I had previously decided that I was able to collect the van that my parents had organised the day prior to their arrival. No problem there you might think….well that´s what I thought. I went to bed nice and early the previous night only to wake up at around eleven o´clock – pesky late […]
Read the rest of Thursday 16th October – Santiago to Talca
Hooray, it´s not Tuesday 14th October any more! I got up, missed breakfast, whenever it was, and went out to check my emails. I looked at more cameras before putting my memory card in to be zapped to a D.V.D. Wow, that sounded really technical didn´t it. A bit like my grandmother´s response when […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 15th October – Santiago
Okay, so the more astute amongst you may be wondering why I´ve got yet another entry on my blog entitled “Tuesday 14th October”. Before I got my flight, and was checking my ticket, I was most confused that it showed me arriving in Santiago before I left Auckland. I have since asked people onboard my […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 14th October – Santiago