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Just for the Stamp

Posted by Kylie in Argentina, South America

We had originally planned to travel north from Valparaiso to the Atacama desert before crossing over the border to Bolivia. However, after a bit of invesitgating, it turned out that there is very little to see in Chile between these two points. Instead, we decided to cross over the border to Argentina and travel north, before crossing back to the Atacama. We took a bus over the border to Mendoza, travelling through the beautiful Andes mountains and up some of the craziest roads so far. Mendoza is a lovely Argentinian…read more

Mar.28

Mar.24

Two days in Valparaiso

Posted by Graham in Chile, South America

Ask anyone in Chile where you should visit while you’re here and they’ll all say Valparaiso – or ‘Valpo’ as the cool kids call it. So we hopped on a bus from Santiago and two hours later found ourselves in this crazy little port town. Unfortunately we’d arrived on Sunday and it wasn’t so much crazy as sleepy! Nothing was open – so we had a quiet afternoon entertaining ourselves at the hostel before heading out for a bite to eat. In Valpo (yep – I’m now a cool kid)…read more

Mar.22

Kylie Hits South America

Posted by Kylie in Chile, South America

Towards the end of my time in Australia, I decided that I would go back to the original plan and spend my final two months of travel in South America. I flew from Adelaide to Sydney to Santiago, and travelled back in time by 13.5 hours! The flight was amazingly good, and I had two seats to myself. This resulted in me sleeping through the maltesers, the ice cream and the cheese and biscuits, to my utter disappointment! Graham had already been in Chile, working on a farm, for a…read more

Mar.15

Brilliant Bariloche

Posted by Graham in Argentina, South America

With much sadness, seven of us left the farm on Friday, crammed into the truck with all our stuff and Sofi the dog in her crate. At Osorno we all got buses to our different destinations, promising to definitely meet up again in the future. My bus was taking me to Bariloche as I’d decided to make my way back up to Santiago via Argentina – just because I could. The border crossing was painless – but felt odd as its a good hour-long drive from getting stamped out of…read more

Mar.15

Well Hung and Tender Down Under

Posted by Kylie in Australia, Trip

Five weeks working at the Adelaide Fringe, very little sleep and lots of adventures. Sarah M, Sarah C, Scotty and I are long term Well Hung and Tender staff who had joined up with Donald and Nicol in Adelaide to sell burgers and burritos to the Australian festival goers. Sarah M and I were staying in the residential wing of the Royal Adelaide Hospital, directly opposite the helicopter landing pad and on the same corridor as a lot of Fringe ‘atristes’. We were working for about 55 hours per week,…read more

Mar.14

Life on the farm

Posted by Graham in Chile, South America

For the past three weeks I have been living in another world. Well that’s what it feels like at least. Life on the farm is so different to my life back home – I have learnt and experienced so many new things in such a short period of time. And I’ve met some awesome folk from around the world that I know I’ll stay friends with for years to come! The farm is truly remote – it is accessed by a long dirt track which winds (often steeply) through the…read more

Mar.01

To bee or not to bee

Posted by Graham in Chile, South America

One of the key elements on the farm (at least during the summer) is bee-keeping. Bees are an important and useful part of the permaculture farm environment in terms of the pollination they provide. But they also make a heck of a lot of honey! I was lucky enough to get to assist Jorge with the honey harvesting on one of the days, along with Clayton and Ian (both from the US). We all donned masks and gloves. There weren’t enough suits to go around so that’s all I got…read more