About 6 months ago, we went on a trip to southern Peru. We had an amazing time but there was one item on our list that we did not manage to tick off: climbing the volcano Misti near the city of Arequipa.
Misti's peak stands 5822m above sea level. This means that trekking to the top is not for the faint hearted and also that even seasoned trekkers will need to plan some acclimatisation to minimise the effect of altitude sickness as anything above 5500m is considered extreme altitude.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Yerba Loca in the spring
Spring is in the air and what better to do than going for a little hike in the Andes! We had arranged with a few friends and colleagues to spend Sunday in Yerba Loca, a nature reserve east of Santiago which we've previously visited on a couple of occasions.
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
A little update and the spring is coming!
Wow, almost 3 months since our last post. Must be a sign that our life in Chile is becoming normality as opposed to something exciting to blog about. Anyway, we're still here and maybe it's time for a quick update...
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Chile Stew - Cochayuyo and Araucaria pinenuts
We have previously posted recipes here but none of them has been of "typical" Chilean food. This one probably is not going to be a "typical" dish either but it is one that we have created and which uses very typical local ingredients. We call it "The Chile Stew".
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