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Location Date South America 
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Location Date Santiago 1483660800 Vina Del Mar 1483574400 La Serena 1483228800 Taltal 1483056000 Tocopilla 1482969600 Pica 1482796800 Iquique 1482624000 San Pedro De Atacama 1482364800 Antofagasta 1482019200 Bahia Inglesa 1481932800 Termas De Socos 1481673600 Castro 1452124800 Puerto Montt 1451779200 Hornopiren 1451692800 La Ensenada 1451433600 Anticura 1451347200 Puerto Varas 1451088000 Easter Island 1450742400 Hanga Roa 1450569600 Termas El Sosneado 1420502400 Punta Arenas 1419724800 Serrano Glaciar 1419638400 Torres Del Paine 1419552000 Puerto Natales 1419379200 Puerto Hambre 1419206400 Salto Del Laja 1389225600 Volcan Llaima 1389139200 Curacautin 1389052800 Angol 1388880000 Laguna Del Laja National Park 1388793600 Lota 1388620800 Concepcion 1388534400 Termas De Chillan 1388448000 Chanco 1388188800 Quinamavida 1388016000 San Clemente 1387929600 Reserva Nacional Radal Siete Tazas 1387756800 Sewell 1387584000 Pichilemu 1387497600 Coya 1387411200 Rancagua 1387324800 Isla De Maipo
1387238400 Providencia 1387152000 Calera 1387065600
Today has been mostly about picking up the truck that we will be using for the rest of the holiday. After breakfast Victor ran us to the airport where we had elected to collect the car. We did this because we didn't fancy driving through central Santiago. However when we got to the airport, there wasn't a counter for Chilean Rent-A-Car and the information woman told us to go to arrivals. There we saw a man brandishing a sign with our names. He explained he would take us to Providencia in the centre of town to collect the car. Best laid plans of mice and Joan.
After much paperwork we finally drove the car out onto the ringroad and found our way back to Calera. Beyond tat, we really didn't have too much of a plan so we headed down roads lined with vineyards, courgettes, corn and fruit. Eventually we reached Isla de Maipo but there was no sign of the famous river.
We stopped at a supermercado to buy some food for a picnic and the woman on the checkout struck up a conversation. She had previously lived in Luxembourg and sad life in Europe was very ordered. She thought life in Chile was chaotic. She shooed away another customer to continue our conversation. kindly she also gave us directions to the river.
We parked on a scrubby car park on the banks of the Maipo and ate lunch before driving back to Casa Ibarra.
For dinner we went to a restaurant by bus. It seems there is a flat fare however far you go. Buses are frequent and cheap compared with home. We rucked up at Lucas y Tomas. It was a huge pristine restaurant with a big screen playing 1990's Latin American music. There were a few interesting veggie dishes on the menu, but some of them will have involved a stock base and we don't know how to ask about stock yet!
Both of us plumped for the easy option, Pizza. It was absolutely stuffed with veggies but not exactly hot. Despite being a huge place, full of staff we were the only people to dine there. The chef came and talked to us. He was very proud of his Pizza A La Pobre, which has steak, chips, fried onions and an egg on it. We suggested a guacamole and chip pizza would be good and he headed off into the kitchen to make it. We had to persuade the waiter to stop him!
After much paperwork we finally drove the car out onto the ringroad and found our way back to Calera. Beyond tat, we really didn't have too much of a plan so we headed down roads lined with vineyards, courgettes, corn and fruit. Eventually we reached Isla de Maipo but there was no sign of the famous river.
We stopped at a supermercado to buy some food for a picnic and the woman on the checkout struck up a conversation. She had previously lived in Luxembourg and sad life in Europe was very ordered. She thought life in Chile was chaotic. She shooed away another customer to continue our conversation. kindly she also gave us directions to the river.
We parked on a scrubby car park on the banks of the Maipo and ate lunch before driving back to Casa Ibarra.
For dinner we went to a restaurant by bus. It seems there is a flat fare however far you go. Buses are frequent and cheap compared with home. We rucked up at Lucas y Tomas. It was a huge pristine restaurant with a big screen playing 1990's Latin American music. There were a few interesting veggie dishes on the menu, but some of them will have involved a stock base and we don't know how to ask about stock yet!
Both of us plumped for the easy option, Pizza. It was absolutely stuffed with veggies but not exactly hot. Despite being a huge place, full of staff we were the only people to dine there. The chef came and talked to us. He was very proud of his Pizza A La Pobre, which has steak, chips, fried onions and an egg on it. We suggested a guacamole and chip pizza would be good and he headed off into the kitchen to make it. We had to persuade the waiter to stop him!
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