Are staying on a Honey Farm at the moment. Unfortunately, due to the drought the poor bees can´t find the nectar they like so the farmers are having to feed their honey back to them! There are also horses and Maggie has given us a horse each while we are here and we´ve been riding every day! Its brilliant. Real South american saddles and I even have a pair of ¨chaps¨ (leather over-trousers). Quite scarey for a Mother to see her older son, who has never been on a horse before, cantering across a field as if he is Indiana Jones.......HE LOVES IT!!! Sam has a little Sam sized pony called Chocolito and he just trots along happily looking a bit like a Hobbit! (Sam that is, not the pony)! Graham really wants that Poncho now to look the part on his horse!
We have decided to hire a car again so that we can do some more exploring. We are currently about an hour and a half north of Osorno and it is a lovely area... still lots of lakes and mountains.
Went to see a farm belonging to a 6ft 2 red-headed Irishman today. So interesting, he lived in NZ for 2 or 3 years and then came here and worked for a big farming outfit before going out on his own about 6 months ago. He´s an expert horseman and came out riding with us yesterday on a very fiesty horse and made it look easy.
We are hoping to go and spend some time with the Mapuche indians next week.. sounds very interesting seeing how they live and learning about their culture.
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Graeme had better hurry up and buy that poncho 'cos it's gotta look better on him when he's riding a horse rather than driving a car.
ReplyDeleteYou're not thinking of buying some "chaps" Jane? Spending is good for the economy apparently!