Ciao Chile!

Well it´s 6am in the morning here and what better time to post our send off. With our newfound freedom we bussed it down south to the Chilean Lake District. Turns out it´s incredibly similar to our good old northern Lakes, but with a few volcanoes peppered here and there, and on a grander scale. Consequently, we were welcomed by a LOT of rain and felt like little ducks to water.

Turns out that in this part of Chile (unlike the north where the kids are excused from school with light drizzle in case they catch a cold!) people toddle on as usual. We however mostly shirked away from our British responsibilities and instead hauled up the week in the most fancy ´hostel´ I have ever seen.

Between rainclouds, we did get a few gems of sunshine and ventured out for a calm lakeside reflection, a bottom burning 68km bike ride, a walk down volcano lava channels, a monkey puzzle snow trail, and a well earned bathe in the hot springs. The German influence here is huge; the attitude (let´s get on with it then!), wooden chalets and yummy jams and cakes.

And so it´s fetching that our time in Chile and our blog ends with woolly hats and scarves...A truly beautiful country that will be tough to beat in the diversity, beauty and kindness of it´s people. But the sun is calling us and we can´t resist any longer...off to Brazil to find a beach. If you´re interested in where we we are, you can follow our trail here http://www.travellerspoint.com/member_map.cfm#/tripid/484567


See you back in the UK in September! Ciao ciao x