Well first month is over and all is well,
not much to report, for a few reasons.
The
first being that we have had largest snow dump, they said it was the biggest in
the last 15yrs. This prevented us from going up the hill to build trails, so we
started to build a skills trail in the local forest near our house. This was a
flat area but still was under 2ft of snow. But the last few days have been blue
sky days enabling us to head up the hill again. Lots of digging being had, and
log bridges being made to get over the many small springs and streams that we
come across. The digging is hit and miss with some areas easy and other areas
super rocky.
The second reason being cos we are land
locked here. We are a 30min boat ride from the main jetty and then 1hr van ride
from the local town. We have however made it once to there. We thought we had
lots of snow but as we headed to town we realised the extent of it all,
HEAPS.....
Town was not what I expected it was rather
small and dirt roads. I would have to say was the first real time that I felt I
was in Chile. Guess it was the signs and people talking that did it. We hung
around town for a couple of hours and bumpt into a few of the other kiwis from
the other site. Funny huh no matter where in the world you are you always bump
into other kiwis, same happened in Santiago on the bus, and he was from Palmy
North.
So any way the area is glamour and the crew
are all good sorts tho the young guys (grommies) get a few hassles but all in
good humour. The meals are big and i hope im not putting too much weight on tho
am getting over salmon. Anyway thats about all at the moment and hope to add
some more stories latter on.... Hope the pics tell some of the story so far.
