I knew it would happen! ive been here for ages and all ive done is play loads of chess! On day one I went down there but it was cold, rainy and no one playing chess but everyother day ive gone down there and stayed down in the central plaza playing chess against old geezers with loads of people waching every move I make - I love it! Im so addice...

I´'m in South America safe and sound. Its not quite as scary as I'd expected. Slept most of yesterday - the combination of jet lag and flu wiped me out... oh along with the 2 hour queue at immigration in Santiago Airport - glad I wasn't in a hurry to be anywhere. Been out and about today or more accurately round and round. Hopped on a City Tour ...

Pocas experiencias en la vida como cruzar volando los andes y enso;ar

Hello Everyone, Sorry I have not written sooner, but I have been very busy travelling and have not been able to get on a computer much. Today I flew into Santiago, Chile. Tomorrow I am leaving to make my way to Patagonia. It will be a 3 day drive and then I am taking a cruise through the fyords to the southern most area of Chile. I do not expect...

hoy ya llego nuestro ultimo dia en Chile... y manana a primera hora volamos para BsAs con LAN chile. Santiago es una ciudad tan preciosa que sin pensarmelo dos veces me compraria otro billete para volver.... nos encanto a ambas la ciudad! Hoy fue un dia bastante raro... decidimos ir a la universidad par aver como era el ambiente universitario as...

First house bought, and mortgage-free, we set off, with the tent, sleeping bags, mats, pots and pans as extra weight on our backs, for Patagonia, a land of mountains, lakes and snow - like our own land! - and lots of Swiss (like home too!). But Patagonia is also: long, straight roads cutting through windswept plains of low bushes, dry soil, brig...

I´d like to elaborate on life over the past few weeks, but for now I am just going to put up pictures. :)

06-03-14 This is the end of my south american leg. I'm quite sad to be leaving, but you never know what lies ahead. People have been so great out here and I've made a lot of great friends. Hopefully I'll be able to return the hospitality someday in Ireland. It doesn't help that I've had such a good time over the last few months. I've been in Pat...

Met a great old guy at the central square. He was a reporter for the Santiago newspaper, the second-oldest independent newspaper in the world after the Times of London. We talked for a bit and then he had to go back to work. It was about 2:30 pm. The air in Santiago is terrible, but the views are incredible. The Andes are so close. Oh, I also at...