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This is just a quick note to say that we have made it back to Sydney safely. The task of transferring and sorting photos from the trip must now begin, and we will have to get down stories of the…
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Last day in Torres del Paine
Well that seems to have flown past, but I understand why. We spent a morning trying to get a replacement camera to meet us in Punta Arenas, but came to understand that it could not be done, (at least in…
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Travel days…
The 20th was our last full day on Chiloe, and we had an easy, cultural day. Drove to Dalcahue and caught the vehicular ferry to the island of Quinchao, just across the channel. Then drove to the town of Achao,…
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Boating to Chelin and Quehui — Unesco church and walk on the beach
No road travel at all today! We started with a stroll down the hill to the hotel’s jetty, to board the Willichi again. All aboard, we set off in the direction of the island of Chelin, site of one of…
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Punting the Chepu river and the sunken forest
Today started with another fairly long drive up to the north-west corner of Chiloe, to the Chepu river. There we met Seignor Alfonzo, our river guide and boat driver. Apparently there was a strong earthquake some time ago, and the…
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Boating to Mechuque
Had a marvellous day, yesterday. A boat trip from Tenuan to the island archipelago of Mechuque, including some kyaking around between the islands, some zodiac sightseeing, and a walk through the main town of Mechuque. Well, Andrew did the kyaking…
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Arrived Chiloe
I mentioned, previously, that when we arrived in Santiago, we showered and went to bed, in anticipation of a 4AM start, for a flight at 6:30 or so. Luckily for us we woke up around 8PM, decided that we didn’t…
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Well, that didn’t last long…
I think that our NBN stayed up about ten hours, before bouncing another two times. In my personal yesterday afternoon, I’d been sent an SMS to say that NBNco were going to be doing network maintenance in my area, and…
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Touch wood: network up for more than an hour!
Several sessions with Telstra service techs later, and an overnight “watch” was able to convince them that sure enough, my modem had been in yoyo mode. Their remote-end tests, and the ones also done on behalf of NBN infrastructure all…
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Oops, where did the time go? Off again in 30-ish hours
Talk about leaving things to the last minute. Well, not entirely, the organizing and booking are all in hand (touch wood). There’s some data-wrangling still to go. The NBN seems to have chosen this moment to go into yoyo mode:…