.... and Santiago, here I go..... After an unfortunate incident where my bag was stolen from the bus I was on the 1st day of my "tour" I am glad to be saying goodbye to the capital of Chile!! Had great fun practising Spanish with random policemen who seemed to be much more concerned that I was single (this goes onto the police report along with your parent's names if you haven't been claimed by a husband!!) than the fact that my bag, including m...

I journeyed back to Puerto Natales - I'm sure the Argentineans are going to start thinking I'm drug running with my 8th visit across the border - this time with Nicola and Haley. After the comedy of half the bus trying to eat their remaining fruit, cheese and tortoises (Nope, I've got no idea why that picture is on with all the prohibited food!) and the rest of us not really knowing what was going on we were allowed entry into Chile. Very different fr...

Greetings from what feels very much like the end of the world... thank goodness I know it's round or else I'd be VERY scared I'm about to fall off.... Just to make all of you feel better, especially those I gleefully boasted that I was spending a year following summer around the world, I'm cold.  In fact, I'm b*?*?y freezing.  I don't blame the penguins for taking off to the sea.  It's far too cold to be huddling on land...