This morning we put our outdoor furniture back on the deck, now that the builder has finished installing our windows in the living room and kitchen, and Tom and I have finished painting them. Eventually we finished packing our last minute items and farewelled Chari, who will be looking after our home. After an uneventful trip down to Mascot, Tom and I had lunch at the Maccas before continuing on to the Blu Emu Car Park and leaving our car. We were lucky enough to...

Have to start the blog the day before, so the map is precise. Our builder came and finished the job he started last Wednesday - today he added some strips of timber around the windows which Tom then painted so they would be weather-proof before we go away.

A lovely sleep in this morning before heading down to breakfast. Then we just chilled in our room before packing our gear and dressing in our "going home clothes". We were allowed to stay in our room till 1pm (yes, a whole extra hour). Then we trundled our belongings down to the mezzanine level of the foyer and Tom handed in our keys at reception. And there we stayed until 7pm when the tour company came and collected us to take us to the airport. We were soooo lu...

Picked up from our hotel this morning for a half day tour of Santiago. We drove around the lovely neighbourhoods with wire and electric fences. The city is quite big, about 6 million, and has hills scattered through it that are undeveloped. Poor Chile - they get constant earth tremors, the frequent enough earthquakes, they have erupting volcanoes, floods and deserts! What a challenge. They have very very poor people, and very very rich people. We saw the oldest b...