Olga and Javier

Photographer: Tim Malloch
From: Trevelin (Argentina) to Marlague (Argentina)

Olga and Javier

I stayed one night in the small town of Santa Juana, Chile. After about an hour of asking people in the plaza if there was anywhere to stay I was eventually taken to Olga´s house. She runs a hostel for construction workers and lorry drivers. More hairy armpit than Lonely Planet. Interconnecting rooms and beds everywhere. Large bunches of onions and chillies hung from the ceiling of the kitchen. I really liked it here. Olga insisted that the next time I came to Santa Juana I must call her and then watched carefully as she dictated to me her telephone number to make sure that I got it right. Why did this never happen to me when I went nightclubbing in Clapham Junction?