Chile trip

San Martin de Los Andes - where we caught an early bus from Argentina to the border with Chile. Sam and Becks Kelsey came to visit us for 3 weeks so we went exploring in Chile a bit.

We visited my cousin Willy and family in Chile, where they´ve built a cabin high in the Andes amongst the Araucaria (Monkey Puzzle) trees. While there´s not much snow for this time of year, we had a 3 inch fall overnight which made everything look pretty spectacular. Becks and I went snow shoeing, while Samuel and Jamie went riding on Will´s quad bike with track wheels! and then we showed them really how to drive it!!!

the view out the studio window

Will and Bobbies studio next to the stream
The main, lovely, warm cabin
Katie and Ollie - a husky retriever cross
the river near the cabin

boots don´t fit well in these!!

Gate with a wooden hinge

Our return to Argentina involved public buses, a ferry across a lake, and then hitching across the final stretch of the Andes. We had a nice warm van to ride in while we raced Sam and Jamie who were in the back of a ute across the border back to San Martin de Los Andes.

Our last ride back to El Bolson - a german couple who had travelled from Alaska all the way down (in the end) to Tierra del Fuego in their VW van. They drove us about 300km to home!! We sent them on their way to Tierra del Fuego with loads of veges and good Argentinian meat!!

Bandurria

Home again, and knitting away... the three wicked witches When we went for a climb at a local crag we happened to come across these bullocks working in the forest.
The place we have stayed for the last 2 and a half months. From left to right: Sam, Becks, Nico, Katerina, Jamie and me.

You don’t really love Marmite until you’ve run out of it at least once.

Y el empezo a romper las bolas! (Cata)