Today marked our final complete leg in Chile with a 410km drive to Osorno, and we started out the drive at 9am amid bright sunlight and blue skies. But after about 150km, the weather had completely changed; it was cold, overcast, grey and raining; it felt like England! Even the lush green vegetation was reminiscent ...

Today we had another short leg of around 250km from Talca to Los Angeles, and whereas we would normally leave early, at 12pm we were still at the hotel. The reason for this is that Claudio and Chris were still back in Santiago, and we were waiting for them to catch us up before leaving ...

Today we were scheduled to leave Santiago, but before we did, we had an event at the residence of the British Ambassador. He had kindly invited the team, several high profile members of the government and representatives from KPMG to a very smart breakfast in his palatial abode. After arriving and being introduced to the distinguished ...

Our first morning in Santiago was a bank holiday Monday, and even though the weather was absolutely splendid, the streets and the many green areas of the city were deserted. Clearly a lot of people had left the city for the holiday, and as we made our way around the local area to find a ...

One thing the team finds very difficult is driving a car which looks like a race car, handles like a race car, and is effectively a race car, on the road at normal speeds. It gives one a serious need for some faster driving! And, seeing as we had 2 days free in Santiago before ...

As you know from the previous blog post, we now had an unplanned day off from driving due to the car charging off a lower power. Despite us all having vast quantities of work to catch up on, the day can only be summarised as pure bliss! To set the scene, I better describe the hotel ...

Waking up in our dingy hotel was not the most enlightening of experiences, however fortunately we had the open road ahead and we were all keen to move on in our penultimate day before reaching Santiago! So, by 8.30am, we were eagerly packing the van and preparing to leave. Unfortunately though, there were other forces ...

Waking up today was very different to anywhere else I had ever awoken. For a start, my mouth, nose and skin were completely dry due to the altitude, and I could barely talk until I took some water! But the main difference was waking up during the night in complete darkness. Due to the observatory's ...

Today brought a long wait to an end because this was the day that we were due to visit Paranal. I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't heard of it, for all it is is a mountain in the Atacama Desert here in Chile, which in itself is hardly exciting. However it's what's atop this ...

Today, for the first time since Mexico, we had the choice between 2 roads going south. So, over breakfast, we discussed which route to take; one was Route 5 which went down the centre of the country on Chile's high central plateaux, and the other was Route 1 that went parallel but along the coast. ...