The Chilean Lake District is the wettest area in the country about three-quarters down the way of the thin strip that is Chile. It was colonised by Germans who came here in the 1850s and drove out the Indians. You walk around seeing signs for Tea and Biscuits as ‘Tee y Kuchen’ or ‘Farmacia Doggenweiler’.In […]
Five Days on Easter Island – II
Day 3: Thursday Next day – horror. It rained all day. Bea and I were going to rent a jeep ($70 for 8hrs) but it rained. I saw the good in that because if the sun were out I’d turn fried red rather than roasted pink. I spent the day in Lidocaine and the night […]
Five Days on Easter Island – I
Day 1: Tuesday The only way to go to Easter Island is via LAN Chile from Santiago on the way to Tahiti. The island is so far from everywhere, so to put things in perspective, imagine mainland Chile to be in Israel with ocean existing between Israel and the US and a smattering of islands […]