Our only reason for going to Chile was that we had to fly out of Santiago, however now that I've spent a few days there I definately want to go back and visit properly. Chile is described as South America's first First World country, and it was a welcome relief after the trials and tribulations of Peru!
We travelled down the coast from Arica to Santiago, stopping off at La Serena and a tiny mountainous oasis called Valle De Elqui on the way. Beautiful, calm, baking hot and just what the doctor ordered! We stayed at a beautiful lodge with a pool and mountain views and went stargazing at an observatory at night. Chile has approximately 340 clear nights a year so is home to some of the worlds biggest observatories.
We also made a pilgrimage to the Concha Y Toro wine vineyards near Santiago, where we sampled many fine wines, enjoyed good cheese for the first time in 3 months and were drunk by lunchtime!!
And then our South America journey came to end... we flew from Santiago to Auckland, where we satyed in the airport for 12 hours (Ahhhhhhh!!!!!), and then made our way to the paradise that is Fiji! I'll tell you all about that soon...
We travelled down the coast from Arica to Santiago, stopping off at La Serena and a tiny mountainous oasis called Valle De Elqui on the way. Beautiful, calm, baking hot and just what the doctor ordered! We stayed at a beautiful lodge with a pool and mountain views and went stargazing at an observatory at night. Chile has approximately 340 clear nights a year so is home to some of the worlds biggest observatories.
We also made a pilgrimage to the Concha Y Toro wine vineyards near Santiago, where we sampled many fine wines, enjoyed good cheese for the first time in 3 months and were drunk by lunchtime!!
And then our South America journey came to end... we flew from Santiago to Auckland, where we satyed in the airport for 12 hours (Ahhhhhhh!!!!!), and then made our way to the paradise that is Fiji! I'll tell you all about that soon...
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