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Last weekend, we travelled 1000km with friends, to spent 4 days in the south of Chile, on the shores of Lago Llanquihue. We didn’t just go for a holiday, but to meet with over 100 people who own or share an interest in Land Rovers, those typically unreliable but fun 4×4s! It was an International meet, with more than 6 vehicles arriving from Argentina!

The weekend started with a large meal at a wonderful restaurant, Espantapajaros (see earlier blog on this subject). On Saturday, we all made a “paseo” which involves a lot of queuing, then moving, in convoy along a predetermined route, delighting local people with our vehicles (especially restored vehicles or those which appear ready to invade a small country) but annoying any other hapless road users!

We took a beautiful route, by the north and east side of the Lake to the foot of Volcan Osorno and then to the foot of another volcano, Volcan Calbuco, where we took a short safari and walk to a nearby waterfall and then sat down to a huge lunch. We were served a typical southern dish, Curanto, which might not look very attractive- a net bag of clams, mussels, chicken, pork and spicy sausages- but which tastes phenomenal.

On the sunday we recovered a little, spending a morning exploring under the bonnets of each Land Rover, whose ages ranged from 38 to less than 1 year old. And then eating cake before returning home, some overnight, others through the night!

But it wasn’t in vain- we got into the local newspaper, El Llanquihue! Twice!

I’ve been searching for a way to display slideshows of our pictures off-site for some time. And i’ve finally found a way! I hope you enjoy this slideshow of pictures from the weekend. More slideshows to follow!

The Highlights

Meet the Land Rovers….

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