Our last day in Santiago was a long one. We were checking out of the apartment at noon but our flight was not until 23.30. To add to the day it was drizzling. We had brekkie and Marcelo the owner arrived bang on noon. After handing over the keys we headed to the street and hailed a cab. Unlike a hotel there was nowhere at the apartment to store our luggage. We had done some research and found a left luggage facility at a bus station. It was a couple of quid p...

It's our penultimate day in Sydney. Time to venture further afield. We are off to the Blue Mountains. There are a number of ways to get there mostly involving giving tour companies large wads of dosh. We decided to go on the train. A quick hop from Central Quay to Central and then a return ticket To Katoomba. It was 2 hours each way but we thought it would be a pleasant trip. It was probably one of the worst train trips ever. A snail pace train which stopped at ...

You wake up and go for brekkie. It can't be hotter than yesterday. Oh yes it can. I woke up this morning with bright red knees and a red strip around my neck between the top of my T shirt and the bottom of my hair. I wasn't sure what today would do but it was scorching. When we set off on this trip we knew we would be moving south and that it would get hotter. We had packed cold and wet weather gear for Canada and Northern USA. Now we were in hot and humid terri...

We got up yesterday and walked along the foreshore to Kings Wharf to meet the boat for our lunch cruise. When we woke up we thought ,oh well I suppose the forecasters have to get it right eventually if they say rain everyday.It was tipping down. However by the time breakfast was done it had pretty much stopped. We had coffee while the boat docked and then went aboard. We had a table for two with a window seat. On the next table were Neil and Jules. Two retired t...

After breakfast we headed out. It was another sunny day. Forecast was wrong again today. We headed out of 'the rocks' and up to the footpath which runs across the harbour bridge. You can do a climb up the bridge. I had been told before I left that I wouldn't see anymore doing that than just walking across it. That seemed to be the case. The bridge carries foot,vehicles and trains. Sydney harbour bridge has had a difficult time. It was meant to be the longest sin...