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Isabelle Pury- Torres del Paine- March 2011

What's the plan, stan?

So, last night Lulo popped over again from Viña to set the plan in motion. 


With only 7 and a half weeks until i finish work at La Segunda and a mere 8 weeks before we set off on our travels, we decided we should have a sit down and decide where we're going.


Here is a very rough plan;


Atacama desert
Over the Andes by jeep for 3 days to Salt flats in Bolivia
La Paz
Lake Titicaca
Cuzco
Machu Pichu
Atacama
Santiago
England.

i. am. so. excited.

One more thing..

Can people start taking this whole hot chocolate thing seriously please!?

I posted on facebook the following,


"Does anyone want to be an amazing friend and send a lil care package out to Chile for me...? I want hot choc :("


Clearly no one was that bothered about being a good friend as NO ONE replied. 


This is getting serious.


It's cold in the office.
It gets boring.
I´m on a liquid diet.


HOT CHOCOLATE IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO ALL OF THESE ISSUES.




I shall be available to take hot choc flavour inquiries anytime this week should you wish to start taking orders. 


Best wishes,
A FRIEND IN NEED.

NEWS OF THE WEEK

Grassy not gassy.

She looks like a bit of a heifer, she ought to go on a diet!

Well.....she is.

Research shows that a new diet for cows and sheep could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. 

A diet involving maize silage, naked oats and higher sugar grasses could reduce the amount of methane they produce, which at the moment accounts for 41% of Britain's overall methane emissions.

Agriculture as a whole accounts for around nine per cent of all British greenhouse gas emissionsm, most of this comes from sheep, cows and goats.

A trial showed that high-sugar grasses could reduce an animal's methane emissions by 20 per cent for every kg of weight gain and naked oats could reduce methane emissions from sheep by 33 percent.

I guess a little extra gas really can go a long way.

Ciao mis padres..

Well, the Walker's are gone which means only another 2 months before i leave on my travels, and then back to England.


It feels so weird to think that i've already been here for 3 months.
Not weird in the sense that it's flown by so fast because i'm somewhere new, just in the sense that i really feel like i live here. Everyday goes by like it would in London because i feel perfectly at home here and the thought of leaving here for good in just 2 months feels almost unbelieveable.


It's so odd how you can just pack up your things, move somewhere new and start a whole new life for however long you have or for however long you want and truly feel at home there.


I can't wait to be back in London, working by the Thames again, walking to all my favourite places, going to festivals, stopping my Apostrophe for a tea or Mint Vintage for a quick browse, but at the same time, right now i really wouldn't want to be anywhere else.


So, only 2 months left of Sunny Santiago.


I suppose i better make the most of it.

LOLAA

...palooza.


IT WAS AWESOME.

As i didnt get back home from Atacama until Saturday night, i joined the crew on the Lollapalooza train of fun on Sunday with my groupies -my parents, Kazza W and Sean-a-paul.


Ever the prepared fella, Sean had with him his trusty festival gear: neurofen, lip balm, ear plugs. 
That's a real party-er for you.

With Philly's sneakily sneaked in Pisco in hand we spent the day 'boogying' as my mother would say, to Chico Trujillo, The Flaming Lips, Cat Power, Boys Noize and Kanye West. 


Big shout out to the baked potato stand. Tata with insides mashed with butter and cheese, topped with bolognase sauce, caramelised onions, sweetcorn and sour cream.
GOOD. MOVE.

Continued...