Grimsby with sun is a good way to describe this port of San Antonio. We arrived by bus at about 1.00 on Saturday and by 2.00 had found a reasonable hotel on the hill overlooking the port. We looked hopefully for the MSC Romanos (the ship bringing Gerty to Chile) but no sight so went to explore the area. That exploration took about 30 mins as this is defiantly not a tourist attraction. We did find a small fishing harbour with lots of small colourful fishing boats,...

Tomorrow we finally leave Santiago for San Antonio, hopefully to meet up with Gerty. The website we have been using to track her progress has not been working but as we have not heard from Miguel (our shipping agent) we are confident that she is nearing the port. Fingers crossed. We have spent the last week in Santiago and were worried we would get a bit bored but it is an interesting city and we have been busy. We have watched the changing of the guard outside ...

We had four days in Easter Island, which was enough to see the main sights, but a couple of extra days to go snorkeling and swimming would have been good. Easter Island is the remotest inhabited island and is 3,780 Kms from the main land and its closest neighbor is Pitcairn Island, 2,250Kms away. This is a 5 hour flight. We stayed in a lovely little hotel in the centre of the small (population 5,000) and only town. The hotel is run by Alvaro who knew everything ...

We have spent two days recovering form the very long flight by site seeing in a chilly Chile. The hotel is very pleasant in good central location. We are on the 20th floor with a lovely view! Peter spent a lot of time watching the builders working. Saturday afternoon while walking back to the hotel for a rest we were surprised to see a hundred or so Zombies walking down one of the main streets. Not something you expect. We think it was something to do with the ...

Last minute preparations have been completed, if not done now they won't be! The last major issue was to find a customs agent in Chile. Julie from Imorex found us a few names and one came through, so should be OK. The last few weeks have been rather hectic, canceling everything at home is really frustrating but we have got there. Had a few fair well drinks with colleagues and friends from work, they very kindly brought me a Kindle, which I know will be getting a...