It was 5am by the time we passed through security and bio-security - I had my boots washed in a anti-bacterial solution. I bought a dongle for the laptop and we withdrew money. We had a bit of time to kill in the airport as nothing was open in the city. This gave me time to ponder our time travel flight. It was 1pm back in Chile, 4pm in the UK and 5am here. We had gone from being 3 hours behind the UK to 12 hours in front. We have essentially flown back through t...

...nothing exciting happened for the rest of the flight apart from the fact we time travelled and lost a whole day! This took a few hours to work out with our sleepy heads... before we knew it we landed at Auckland airport New Zealand - instead of being the 17th it was the 18th.

Up and out early today after a light breakfast and internet session. We were due in town for 10am as we were going on a FREE guided tour of the city which was to last 4 hours. We followed Duncan's lead as we weaved through rush hour traffic on foot. Our guide was a chatty animated fellow who spoke really good English. We took in the sights and sounds of the city which was pretty much the same as all the other South American cities we had visited previously. The h...

We arrived in Santiago ahead of time after a restful nights sleep on the bus (I am definitely getting better at sleeping properly on buses!) and caught a taxi to Bellavista Hostel in the Bellavista district (surprising that!) of Santiago. It was 8am when we arrived but we couldn't check into our room until 13.30, so we had a bit of breakfast and spent a few hours sitting on the sofas in reception. Scott amused himself on wifi and I pressed on with my novel. By m...

We travelled along the same dirt track we had cycled along the first day we arrived. Only this time the sun was out and the trees were dancing in a light breeze. The same breeze had also bought ash from another active Volcano 10 miles away. As a result the sky was a misty grey. The horses we were due to ride were tied to the fence when we arrived at the farm. They were already kitted out with saddles and saddle bags. The courtyard area was quaint with a large tre...