For every dog born, another dies on the street

Today is world spay day. Some people may wonder, what does spaying (i.e. sterilising) your companion animal have to do with being an animal lover? There is plenty out there for you to read but this post aims to be a brief summary!

How to make falafel in pictures

A simple and delicious recipe: falafel. What it is and where it comes from - see wikipedia.
Una receta simple y deliciosa: falafel. Que son y de donde vienen - vea wikipedia.

Cerro Pintor

Last Saturday we went on a nice little walk that we thought we should document in our blog. Our mission for the day: climb Cerro Pintor, one of the relatively easily accessible 4000+m peaks near Santiago.

Christmas & New Year 2012/13

This was our second Christmas in Chile and just like last year we took about two weeks off work to get out of Santiago. Once again, we headed down south - the obvious thing to do during the height of the summer. This time, however, not quite as far south as last year.