El Cajón del Maipo

A Photo for today...



One of the valleys of the Cajón del Maipo in the Andes Mountains.

El Cajón del Maipo can be visited in a day trip from Santiago though is best done over a couple of days, especially if you want to relax in the thermal pools after hiking the national park to visit the glacier.

You can find lots of information about how to get there and details about all the little towns that dot the road on the way up at: El Cajón del Maipo

Enjoy!

Walking towards the light

Haven’t posted the last days since I have been in and out of doctors’ offices and getting all types of exams and jabs done. I think I’ll have to do a post about the health system in Chile some time soon.

Anyway, here’s a video that earned the shakiest-bad image award in this weeks world’s worst video oscars. I took it with my normal (photo) camera as I walked through a natural arch in a rock formation just out of Constitución heading towards the beach. You can probably count the steps I took by the continual up and down movement of the camera. And as for the lighting... it was either a shade of dark or bright.

Well, at least I captured the moment when I walked towards the light at the end of the tunnel (ok, it’s not much of a tunnel but it sounded good) and even returned to tell the story. You'll never guess what I found on the other side… you’ll just have to watch it see.



This is another area we visited while we were roaming around the region around Talca in January. I still of loads more photos and videos from that week so stay tuned.