Hi everyone! Ciao from Chile! Our flight to Easter Island left from Calama in Northern Chile and, as bus services between here and Argentina are limited, we needed to come back to Chile a few days beforehand. Once again, we stopped en route in San Pedro de Atacama, where, as on our previous visit, the chance to eat, drink & be merry with new friends, both locals and travellers alike, was more appealing than taking a tour to see more gorges and geysers! ...

Hi everyone, Belated best wishes from the Chilean Lake District - albeit three weeks after we first set foot in it .... oops! :-) Our first stop was the "adventure capital" Pucon and within minutes of arriving we had signed up for back-to-back activities for the duration of our stay. The first of these was a nocturnal trip to the thermal baths at Los Pozones. Safety conscious as we are, we bought wine in a cartoon rather than a glass bottle and locate...