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Best of Amazonas (L to R, from top): Dylan playing with an anaconda, poultry on a floating house, jaguar in a sanctuary, a friendly toucan, luxury river transport, Dylan with the manatees, butterfly house, weanling manatees, the best moment of Dylan's life so far, the floating city.
Best of the Inca Trail (L to R, from top): spiral staircase on the 'gringo knee killer', survivors of Dead Womans Pass (4200m), inca tunnel, dead after 20 mins on the first day, postcard shot of Machu Picchu, in the ruins, the first day's camp at Wayllabamba, on the edge of the world, looking out from a terrace in Machu Picchu.
Highlights of Lima - L to R, from top: fog floating through the city off the Pacific, Dylan overlooking the ocean, on the bridge of sighs, eating ceviche and pisco sour, Dylan mixing a pisco sour, a delicious dessert taster, parque del amor and san isidro markets.
Highlights of Chile (L to R from top): Chilean flamingo, hiking in Maipo Valley, under the virgin at Cerro San Cristobal, street art in Valparaiso, the millionth stray dog we saw, Dylan in Valparaiso, a cute cat, vina del mar (the garden city), Dylan and his bff from the farm in Pucon, the best view of Santiago.
A few white lies later, we have relocated from one of Lima's worst hostels to an awesome one with a rooftop bar, the best art on nearly every surface and located walking distance of the most delicious kebabs. And also other important stuff like parks, attractions etc. But seriously, the kebabs.
Still alive after 4 day on horseback across the Andes in southern Chile.
Sleep Deprived in Santiago
What a week. Tomorrow is our last full day in Santiago before heading 10 hours south to Pucon. We were a little slow to get into the swing of things - jetlag, a huge hole in the ozone layer and a foreign language really packs a punch. While we have definitely only scratched the surface of this very interesting city, I think we have made the most of the time we had here.
We explored all the sites of the city, including a huge cathedral built in the 16th century, beautiful neo classical government buildings and seemingly endless green spaces. We caught the funicular to the top of Cerro San Cristobal to visit the Virgin, do a bit of hiking (not meaning to...) and drink some Mote (some sort of delicious drink made with peaches and barley). Dylan of course also had to try a 1L bottle of the local beer, which he found very agreeable.
We travelled to the eastern border of Chile through Maipo Valley, hiking into the Andes and relaxing in Banos Colina hot springs. The scenery is almost unbelievable and the climate changes SO quickly. We also made it to the west coast, to the port towns of Valparaiso and Viña del Mar - beautiful, unique collections of slap together, brightly coloured houses and fantastic graffiti.
Of course we couldn´t escape without a trip to a vineyard. In the Casablanca valley we visited Indómita, a premier winery owned by a super rich Chilean/Italian family. We learned all about wine, particularly where flavours like tobacco, pineapple and strawberry come from! We finished up with a tasting sitting on comfortable leather couches looking out over a glorious panorama of the region.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Conquered Cerro San Cristobal!
So we leave in 3 days time...I feel like I'm still forgetting a million things and I'm sure that it will get harder and harder to sleep in the next few nights. We both can't quite believe it's just around the corner, but when it hits that we'll be landing in Santiago later this week, that stomach flipping sensation prevails.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain