¡Hola a todos! I find myself once more with time to spare, as I sit here in a cosy, floor-to-ceiling pinewood furnished 'palafito' hostel in Castro, the regional capital for the Isle of Chiloe, just off the south-west coast of mainland Chile. Time to spare because, as I type, the rain is lashing against the window-panes outside, sending those inhabitants of this sleepy town brave enough to venture out of doors scurrying about in the street below. A 'palafi...

¡Hola a todos! Earlier today (although obviously much later for all of you back home in sunny Blighty) I posted a long-overdue blog completing my experiences while in Mendoza. Now I intend to wave Argentina goodbye with a wistful smile and move on to pastures new in chilly Chile (sorry, I simply could not resist). Before I do so, a quick note in answer to a friend who requested that I set up a mailing list, alerting any potential readers out there (you poo...

¡Hola a todos! Well, it has been a hectic couple of weeks since last I sat down to write an entry. Much has occurred and many memories have been made: I find myself at a desk on a small landing space in the house of Gonzalo, here in Puerto Varas, southern Chile but, there is more to be said on events from places prior to here and so I am going to back-track (as I seem always to do). There remain some days unaccounted for in Mendoza, followed by a truly spectacu...

¡Hola a todos! After my last few wonderful days in Bariloche I headed north and so, here in Mendoza, I am for the first time since leaving Buenos Aires able to write a blog from a place in which I am still present. This is, sadly, a source of joy to me: much as I enjoy writing this blog, it is not at all pleasant to feel it slipping out of my control, should I enjoy more than five days or so without access to a computer. How appropriate then, that on my fi...

¡Hola a todos! After a few halcyon days in Bariloche my friends and I decided to head south to El Bolson, two hours' drive from the lake-side city. I actually decided to travel very much at the last minute; I have found it a difficult yet exhilarating process to change my plans completely on a whim. I tend to be quite stubborn once I have decided upon a course of action and do not take kindly to changes, which often seem to bring only disruption and confusion. ...