whats been happening lately

so now i am living in Santiago, Chile. hired a little Peugeot and drove 3250kms in 6 days down to the south. not all the way, Chile is an incredibly long country. saw loads of volcanos, climbed one, sea lions, penguins and beautiful landscape.

also went up north into a valley called valle elqui. they have 340 days of bright, hot sun a year. the towns are wedged between huge mountains and there are vineyards everywhere. this is where they make the chilean drink, Pisco. Its like a dry whiskey or something, very strong and gives you the worst hangovers imaginable. also saw some beaches (the best in chile??) but they werent that exciting. the water was freezing. Chile also has 10% of the worlds observatories, the skies are said to be some of the clearest in the world... so we went to an observatory. saw Saturn through a huge telescope. that was cool. also loads of other cool stars and all that.

heres some photos...

This is the border crossing between Chile and Argentina. otherwise known as The Andes Mountain Range.


Another Andes photo


Everyday view from this small town.


Volcano Crater


View from a Volcano, Andes in the background


It wasnt a small Volcano.


Driving towards a Volcano - It is mid-summer as well, these volcanos are high


2nd biggest fireworks in the world - Valparaíso
this photo reminds me of a nebula.


Barney in Mar del Plata, Argentina


did some sailing around Buenos Aires