And here it is a New Day a New Year. Today the sun was out and we were all up by 9am ready to start the preparations for today's Curanto. I took the dogs for a walk along the beach whilst the others had breakfast and showers. Xavier and I then started a small fire in a whole we had dug out earlier and after about an hour added coal and slowly added small stones (these would eventually heat and form the cooking mechanism for the Curanto). At around 1pm we were rea...

Today the weather had cracked right up with wind, rain and cold temperatures so I slept a bit before taking Teres 3 dogs for a walk along the beach in the horrible conditions. Terre, Xavier and I then headed into town to collect a few last things for the party which included the mussels, clams and some more alcohol. Town was crazy with every man and his dog buying for today and tommorows celebrations. The horrible weather continued but it didn't matter we have a ...

I woke up this morning and the sun was shining but 30 minutes later it had started to pour with rain so I decided to go back to bed and get a few more hours sleep. When I woke up again everyone was out so I decided to clean everything and tidy up a bit so the guys had a nice clean house to come home to. Xavier arrived back and we had a bit of a chat and did some more cleaning before I headed off to the beach for a walk whilst he went to work on his vegetable gard...

I had decided to make my way south to Chiloe today so I was up early getting my things together. The two Russians were off to the airport at 8am so Karina had made us all some traditional Dal Masala tea she had brought whilst in India along with some of her Mums famous Christmas cake. Her Mother actually sells the Christmas cake at the shops and you can see why it would be a big seller with a deliciously moist centre with thick pieces of fruit and nut and a sweet...

Today we were supposed to be up at 6:30am ready for our hiking trip but the others struggled a bit and it wasn't until 7am we managed to have everybody up and ready for breakfast. It was 8:30am before we finally got everything ready and loaded in the car ready to go. The drive out to Osorno Volcano took nearly two hours and I managed to get a little more sleep on the way out which was nice. Arriving to the park we were met by a turquoise coloured lake crossing in...