Dear Friends OK cast your minds back 6 months ago ... me dressed in black, fishnets, heels, mulberry handbag, never went anywhere without lippy and mascara and of course the Gucci sunglasses... Now envision me yesterday in the Atacama desert where blue skies meet a lunar landscape. Pair of jeans, a cleanish t-shirt and flat lace up boots....Only the sunglasses remain ... It is 4pm we head out to Valle del Luna, Valley of the Moon and Death...

Valparaiso, a UNESO world heritage site and a mad hodge podge of brightly coloured houses nestling into the steep cerros. These houses, mansions next to slums seem to tumble from the hills to the port, taking up any available space that is possible. By being as brightly coloured as they are they seem to take on an unreal air in the distance, negating the poverty that lies within. With poverty comes crime, and as with most cities in the world you find yourse...

Hola Greetings from Puerto Varas It has been an eventful few days since I last wrote. Staying at Campo Aventura in the Cochamo Valley, in the Chilean Lake District. Beautiful Fjords, Crystal clear rivers and temperate rainforests are quite unlike anything else I have experienced so far. The trip to Campo aventura was along a winding road, that is only laid with grey gravel and stones in preparation for resurfacing, So in places it is really bumpy and ...