On all my travels I never fail to find some connection to dear old Blighty. A Saturday afternoon visit to Talcahuano, a nearby town, proved to be no exception to this as I found myself stood on a boat, floating in the Pacific Ocean, which had been used in the war between Peru and Chile in the 1800s, and had been constructed in none other than.... Birkenhead! I am constantly learning more about my own country while discovering about the lives of others on this...

One day in the holidays we travelled from Chillán, a shopping town in the Bío Bío district, to a place called Cobquecura. This particularly sleepy town on the pacific coast is famed for it resident sea lions, and so we decided it was definitely worth a look. The three hour bus ride cost the equivalent of £2.50, and if this price wasn't cheap enough, the beautiful views that dazzled us as we wound our way through hills, fields and woods to the coast me...

It seems that Concepción is going through the change of the seasons, meaning that as we head into Springtime the weather is getting warmer and we are seeing more and more clear blue skies! This makes one very happy Karina! So what better idea than to head to the beach?! In Concepción we are blessed to be only thirty minutes away from a beach, and we have a selection to choose from. With three friends I headed to Ramuntcho, a beautiful little cove su...

The town came alive at the arrival of the dieciocho. By 11am the majority of the residents had turned out for the celebrations. Hordes of people gathered on and around the newly erected stands in the main street, which had been closed off to traffic. All ears were focussed on the annual Mayor's speech. The Mayor of Peumo was coming to the end of his term in office, and you could definitely sense his sadness and the passion he possessed for his beloved town....

Peumo is a small town in the 7th region of Chile. It was named after the large amount of Peumo trees that grow there. It is surrounded by hills which means it benefits from a micro-climate For that reason there are an array of plants products that are cultivated there including oranges, avocados, cherries and grapes. When we first arrived it seemed quite a tranquil place, but my preconceptions were obliterated when everything came alive in the holiday cele...