CHILE (2015)
Travelling around

There was alot of walking. Sometimes in the rain as in Puerto Montt where for a brief moment I was in the lead!

There were frequent trips to bus stations; which were normally much busier than the appearance in the photo. Ancud has three bus stations and one day Neil took us to all of them (one of his hobbies I believe).

On one bus journey two “musicians” kingly got on to entertain us. Our Spanish was so “good” that we still don’t know if they were from Chile or Mexico, but we now have a CD!
Houses
Churches
Rivers
Beaches
Sea cliffs
Penguins

Yes Chiloe is famous for its Penguins. You get a boat to see them (no swimming allowed- even to the boat)

Infact to get to the boat you are forced to travel in some kind of Victoria era swimming trolley. The humiliation.

And despite mentioning that I was a Swim the Door veteran you are forced to wear an orange vest of some kind
Other animals

This photo of a whale proved more challenging because, although I believe it was dead, they are very big mammals you know!
Accommodation

When Neil, after viewing our accommodation, asked me if I was still scared of heights I assumed it was going to be a bunk bed
Ice Cream

Chile, like Argentina, is a great place if you like Ice Cream. For reasons best known to himself when we had our daily Ice Cream Neil would never allow himself to be in the photo. I’m unclear if he had suddenly got camera shy (or for some reason didn’t want his partner Sue to find out how the training for their multiple Patagonia trecks was going. You decide?
Wild swimming

Chile, like Argentina, also has lakes which looked great for swimming although sometimes the signage was a bit off-putting
CHILE AND ARGENTINA WILD SWIM TO BE ADDED TO THE “NEW SWIMS” PAGE SOON