On the road with Maximum Velocidad: Photos 42 to 58

A visit from the sponsors is always a tricky affair. Do you shower them with Champagne or impress them with your cunning frugality in the spending of their money ? Ideally both, which with good wine in Chile available cheaply seemed to be entirely possible. For this section of our trip we have been joined by Kim´s Dad Steve and his newly betrothed Margaret. Both have just retired this summer and so far their feet don´t seem to have touched the ground. After periods touring Italy, Scotland and Italy again, plus moving house, they decided on their own mini Round-the-World jaunt through South America and Australasia.

In the past, Steve´s holidaying habits have been the stuff of hectic legend, but retirement seems thankfully to have calmed him, and he is now intent on reclaiming all those years of early-rising that are owed him as a career teacher - an hour each working day for thirty odd years or so. Margaret also seems happy to take things as they come, although expresses some concern as to exactly how steep and how tough this mountainous country is going to be. So far the going has been tough, particularly as Steve has been

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Just have to say - your photos are astounding. what amazing acuity and colours. Glad I stumbled acrossed your blog.

Your pictures here are absolutely gorgeous - and I'm particularly fond of all the Stiltword photos. Your mentioning of the two types of ignorance - honesty and dishonesty - resonates in virtually every country, to some degree. If it's any consolation, Jamaicans take their ability to fudge the truth to a whole new level...it would almost be admirable if it wasn't so annoying.

Hey mate, just like to tell you that you seem to have a nice talent for photography! Good luck rest of your travels!

Didn't have time to read the whole post - but your photos are excellent! I aspire to capture the world so artisticly. Well done.

My Jaw dropped to my knees .......this is totally out of the world. The pics are breathtakingly fresh...keep getting them in and enjoy your travel.

Your pictures make me sick! they are so good, they make me feel foolish for even attempting to capture the things I see. Every post is stunning, you must sxpend a lot of time on a laptop organizing and choosing the pics to post. Whatever method to your madness, nice work. One more thing- Dont ever go back to Chile. That way when I move there my pictures wont look so amateur-ish!! :) KEEP TRAVELLING AND KEEP POSTING!!!

Chileno viviendo en Madrid y que ha disfrutado mucho de ver los bellos paisajes que mi país tiene. Espero que lo hayan disfrutado mucho.

Your "Queer bird" is called a Caracara - probably a Crested Caracara. It's a bird of prey, similar to a hawk or eagle, that prefers to stick close to the ground. Also a very pretty bird, and a good picture too!

Just have to say - your photos are astounding. what amazing acuity and colours. Glad I stumbled acrossed your blog.

Your pictures here are absolutely gorgeous - and I'm particularly fond of all the Stiltword photos. Your mentioning of the two types of ignorance - honesty and dishonesty - resonates in virtually every country, to some degree. If it's any consolation, Jamaicans take their ability to fudge the truth to a whole new level...it would almost be admirable if it wasn't so annoying.

Hey mate, just like to tell you that you seem to have a nice talent for photography! Good luck rest of your travels!

Didn't have time to read the whole post - but your photos are excellent! I aspire to capture the world so artisticly. Well done.

My Jaw dropped to my knees .......this is totally out of the world. The pics are breathtakingly fresh...keep getting them in and enjoy your travel.

Your pictures make me sick! they are so good, they make me feel foolish for even attempting to capture the things I see. Every post is stunning, you must sxpend a lot of time on a laptop organizing and choosing the pics to post. Whatever method to your madness, nice work. One more thing- Dont ever go back to Chile. That way when I move there my pictures wont look so amateur-ish!! :) KEEP TRAVELLING AND KEEP POSTING!!!

Chileno viviendo en Madrid y que ha disfrutado mucho de ver los bellos paisajes que mi país tiene. Espero que lo hayan disfrutado mucho.

Your "Queer bird" is called a Caracara - probably a Crested Caracara. It's a bird of prey, similar to a hawk or eagle, that prefers to stick close to the ground. Also a very pretty bird, and a good picture too!