This brave soul gave us all something to watch as he tried, single-handed, to tug his fishing boat against the tide. The locals near where we were standing were all in stitches, but to his credit the guy did get his boat where he wanted it.
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Todos los Santos Lake and Petrohué waterfalls, 29.12.08
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This is one of the rare places in the world where Magallanic and Humboldt penguins can be seen together. People are not allowed onto the islands where they breed, and in recent years their numbers have steadily climbed.
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Below is a cart being pulled by two cows. They're collecting seaweed.
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Frutillar is a lovely German-like town in the South of Chile. Brightly painted wooden buildings, great beer, kuchen heaven, and a lake with a black sand beach and Villarrica volcano in the distance.
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No holiday would be complete without a quick visit to Algarrobo!
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On 20th December '08 we took a coach from the centre of Santiago to San Fernando train station (click here). There, we took a steam train to Santa Cruz. On the train we sampled various white, Rosé and Red wines with cheeses, fruit and Chilean pastries. We visited a vineyard (click here) and had more wine and a rather posh meal, then we looked around the town of Santa Cruz, with its museum and famous 5-star hotel.
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When my family came over to visit in December '08 we went for a walk up Santa Lucia hill. From there, I realised that we could see our building, just on the tip of my finger.
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For those of you who don't know her, Paul met Emma in 2000 in Chile, and in 2002 she was Paul's 'best person'. She met Seba, a chef, shortly afterwards.
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