EL BOLSON AND PUERTO MADRYN

HI EVERYONE! HAVING A FANTASTIC TIME AND SEEING AND DOING HEAPS. THANKS FOR COMMENTING ON MY PHOTOS! JUST CAME BACK FROM WHALE WATCHING THAT WAS JUST BREATH TAKING - CAN'T DESCRIBE IT IN WORDS! SAW TWO  WHALES AND THEIR CALVES AND TWO ADULT WHALES PLAY FIGHTING - I THINK. YESTERDAY WE WENT AND SAW THE WELSH VILLAGES. THERE WERE LOTS OF TEA HOUSES WE WANTED TO ADVENTURE INTO BUT THEY ONLY WERE OPEN IN THE AFTERNOON. INSTEAD WE WENT INTO A BAKERY AND THE OWNER GAVE US A GUIDED TOUR OF WHERE THEY MAKE THE BREAD, PIZZAS, CROISSANTS, TEA CAKES, PASTRIES AND LOTS OF OTHER DELICIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE IS A DELICIOUS SWEET FOOD HERE CALLED DULCE DE LECHE THAT IS A EXTREMELY RICH CARAMEL LIKE THICK SAUCE THAT YOU CAN PUT ON ALMOST EVERYTHING. IT IS JUST MILK AND SUGAR THAT YOU HAVE TO STIR FOR FOUR HOURS TO MAKE!!!
WENT TO THE DINOSAUR MUSEUM TOO AND WHILE WE WERE THERE MUM'S NEW SKETCHERS WERE STOLEN OUT OF THE CAR!
TO GET HERE FROM EL BOLSON WE HAD TRO GO ON A 12 HOUR BUS RIDE ACROSS ARGENTINA IN SEATS THAT COULD GO ALMOST HORIZONTAL AND WERE MORE COMFY THAN A PLANE! IT WAS A NIGHT RIDE AND I SLEPT WELL, THOUGH MUM, DAD AND ZOE DIDN'T REALLY. OUR HOSTEL IS CALLED CANTALEJO AND HAS REALLY FRIENDLY STAFF, NICE PLACE BUT ONA REALLY BSY ROAD SO IT'S REALLY NOISY AT NIGHT.
WE HAVE SEEN  ELEPHANT SEALS SO CLOSE YOU COULD REACH OUT AND TOUCH THEM, PENGUINS,  SEA LIONS AND FUR SEALS! ALL BIG BEAUTIFUL CREATURES THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.  OUR ACCOMDATION IN EL BOLSON WAS AMAZING, IT WAS A CUTE LOG CABIN WHERE EVERYTHING WAS MADE OUT OF WOOD, CHAIRS, TABLES, BEDS, KITCHEN APPLIANCES AND MUCH MUCH MORE. PLUS IT WAS THE SAME PRICE AS OUR HOSTEL IN BARILOCHE. OUR HOSTEL WAS A BASIC ONE THOUGH IT HAD ALL THAT WE NEEDED: BATHROOM BEDS AND KITCHEN USE.  STAYED THERE FOR 3 NIGHTS AND DID LOTS. IT'S THE CHOCOLATE AND ICE-CREAM CAPITAL OF THE WORLD SO OF COURSE WE HAD TO VISIT AT LEAST ONE OF THE 14+ CHOCOLATE SHOPS THERE AND TRY THE BEST ICE-CREAM IN THE WHOLE OF BARILOCHE! MISSING EVERYONE SOOO MUCH IN NEW ZEALAND, HAVING FUN!
ADIOS!

MORE PICS

HEY HERE ARE SOME MORE PICS, HOPE YOU LIKE!!

A COW AND CALF FROM THE FARM WE VISITED

A FLOWER I THOUGHT LOOKED LIKE POHUTAKAWA

A HEN WITH HER CHICKENS... AND DUCKLINGS

SOME GORGEOUS PIGLETS

ME ON A HORSE LED BY MY MUM

THE HOSTEL WE STAYED AT. DID I MENTION WE HAVE CAKE FOR BREAKFAST?

ME IN THE FREEZING LAKE WITH THE MOUNTAIN IN THE BACK GROUND

ME WITH THE LAKE AND MOUNTAIN

MY SANDWICH WITH THE MOUNTAIN : P

AT THE TOP OF MOUNT OSORNA

ME AT THE TOP OF MT OSORNA

THE GUITAR PLAYING GUY


HOPE YOU LIKED THEM!!

CHILE & ARGENTINA

BEEN HAVING AN AWESOME TIME IN CHILE!! ON MONDAY WE WENT TO THE NATIONAL PARK AND SAW SOME AMAZING WATER-FALLS. TOOK SOME COOL PICS AND VIDS, THAT AFTERNOON WE DROVE UP THE MASSIVE VOLCANO CALLED OSORNA (I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL IT) IT'S AN EXTINCT VOLCANO THAT ALWAYS BEAUTIFULY SNOW-CAPPED AND DOMINATES THE FANTASTIC LAKE. WE DIDN'T GET TO GO ON THE CHAIR-LIFT AS IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE BUT STILL HAD AN AWESOME TIME.
TUESDAY WE WENT TO CHILOE ISLAND, A CUTE  TOWN SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL FARM-LAND VERY SIMILAR TO N.Z, HAD A NICE LUNCH IN A VERY LOCAL CAFE WHERE A MAN CAME IN PLAYED SOME SPANISH TUNES ON HIS GUITAR FOR TIPS. I HAD A CHEESE EMPANADA BUT THE CHEESE WASN'T VERY NICE AT ALL! WE WENT BACK ON THE FERRY WITH OUR CAR WE HAD RENTED FOR 2 DAYS.
WEDNESDAY WAS OUR LAST DAY, WE HAD AN EARLY START AT 7:30AM (WELL, EARLY FOR US SINCE WE HAD BEEN WAKING AT 9:30AM EVERY DAY LATELY!) AND CAUGHT A BUS TO BARALOCHE IN ARGENTINA! IT WAS A 6 HOUR BUS RIDE BUT IT WAS A NICE BUS AND THE MOVIE GROWN-UPS WAS PLAYING IN SPANISH. HAD THREE STOPS. FIRST WAS A STATION WHERE MEN WERE WALKING AROUND SELLING HOT-DRINKS WITH HOT WATER ON THEI TUMMY, SECOND WAS TO GET OUR PASSPORTS STAMPED AS WE EXITED CHILE AND THIRD WAS TO GET OUR BAGS SCANNED AND PASSPORTS STAMPED AS WE ENTERED ARGENTINA. BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE NEVER-ENDING ANDES AND PAST SOME AWESOME LAKES.
IN ARGENTINA WE GOT A TAXI TO THE HOSTEL WE HAD BOOKED ONLINE AND NOT SEEN ANY PICS OF. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING! WOODEN FLOOR BOADS, THIN MATTRESSES, SMELT AND THERE WERE EVEN BLACK HAIRS IN MUM AND DAD'S BED!!!!! EEWW!! GROSS!! WE ESCAPED OUT OF THAT DUMP AND WANDERED THE STREETS LOOKING FOR HOSTELS WITH ALL OUR LUGGAGE FOR 6 MONTHS! WHAT A SIGHT AS WE GOT A FEW WEIRD LOOKS! FOUND ONE GOOD ONE FOR 200 PESOS ($70 N.Z MONEY) NOW STAYING THERE FOR 5 NIGHTS AS WE ARE NOW GOING TO A BBQ AT SOMEONES HOUSE WE MET. HAVING A GREAT TIME AND GOING TO POST MORE PHOTOS SOON!
ADIOS!!

PICS

HEY HERE ARE SOME PICS I TOOK ON MY STYTLISH NEW CAMERA!!

SPRAY PAINT!!>

STREET PAVEMENT>

SSHH!! I'M IN BED!>

AN AWESOME MARCHING BAND WAS PLAYING IN THE STREETS AT PUERTO MONTT>

 ME AND ZOZ BY THIS RANDOM STATUE IN THE STREET

A CUTE STREET MARKET>

MY AWESOME NEW SNEAKERS>

VIEW FROM THE WINDOW>

DOESN'T THAT LOOK LIKE N.Z? >

MEAL ON THE PLANE^




HOPE YOU LIKE THEM!!

CHILLING IN CHILE

OMG! THIS MORNING MUM AND DAD GAVE ME AND ZOE A CAMERA EACH!! ALWAYS WANTED ONE AND AM SO EXCITED!! REALLY SAD SAYING BYE TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY BUT WILL SEE THEN SOON. GOT ONTO FLIGHT NO WORRIES AND HAD A GOOD JOURNEY. ONLY GOT 2 HOURS OF SLEEP COZ IT WAS REALLY HARD! WATCHED TOY STORY 3, A FEW EPISODES OF THE SIMPSONS AND PLAYED A FEW GAMES. HAD PASTA FOR DINNER AND WEIRD HAM AND CHEESE THING FOR BREAKFAST OVER-ALL GOOD FOOD.
 GOT OFF PLANE AND HAD A 3 HOUR WAIT FOR PLANE FROM SANTIAGO TO PUERTO MONTEE. WAS A BEUTIFUL FLIGHT AND SAW THE ANDES, THEY WERE AMAZING! GOT A FEW PICS OF THEM TOO. WAS REALLLY TIRED SO ON THE CAR RIDE TO PUERTO VARIS(WHAT'S THEIR PROBLEM WITH PUERTO?) I HAD A SLEEP.GOT TO MOTEL AND SLEPT FOR 2 HOURS BEFORE WE HAD TO GO TO DINNER. WE HAD IT AT THE HOTEL ACROSS THE ROAD. NEXT DAY I WOKE AT 10.00AM AND GOT CAMERA. WANDERED AROUND TOWN AND NOW AM BACK AT APARTMENT. HAVING A GR8 TIME! CYA SOON!! FROM HOLLY.

ALMOST GONE!!

2 DAYS TO GO! MOVED IN ON SUNDAY TO MY GRANDMA AND GRANDAD'S WITH MY DAD WHILE MY MUM AND MY SISTER ZOE WENT TO MY NANA'S HOUSE. YESTERDAY HAD A HAIRCUT SO I'M ALL PREPARED FOR LEAVING. MY CLASS AR5E HAVING A SHARED LUNCH SINCE IT WILL BE MY LAST DAY TOMORROW! IT WILL BE SO SAD =::(
I'VE GOT A PROBLEM SOLVING BOOK FOR WHEN I'M OVERSEAS AND WILL TAKE A SKETCH BOOK TO DRAW WHAT I'M DOING IN. OUR FIRST STOP IS CHILE AND IT WILL BE AN 11 AND A1/2 HOUR JOURNEY FLYING QUANTAS AIRLINES. ALL IS PACKED AND MUM AND DAD ARE GOING CRAZY TRYING TO GET STUFF DONE IN TIME! BUT IT WILL BE ALL WORTH IT IN THE END! I SO CAN'T WAIT TO STEP ON THAT PLANE!!!!!!!!!

THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY

HEY EVERYONE CAN YOU PLEASE VOTE FOR ME ON THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY WEBSITE. JUST REGISTER THEN VOTE FOR "DOWN THE TOILET" IT IS IN THE DRAMA SECTION PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. HERE IS THE WEB ADDRESS:

THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY (LINK)

THANK-YOU!!!!!!

ONE WEEK TO GO

ONE WEEK TO GO NOW! YESTERDAY GEORGIA AND ETHAN MOVED IN AND I HAD TO MOVE OUT TO THE STINKY OUTSIDE ROOM! GAVE IT A BIG CLEAR UP THOUGH AND NOW IT LOOKS QUITE GOOD! ON SUNFAY ME AND MY DAD ARE GOING TO MY GRANDMA AND GRANDAD AND MY MUM AND SISTER ARE GOING TO MY NANA'S TO STAY THE WEEK TILL WE GO! GETTING SO EXCITED NOW!
BYE! : P

GETTING READY

9 DAYS TILL WE LEAVE NOW!!! I'M SO EXCITED!
YESTERDAY SCOTT (WHO'S MANAGING OUR FARM WHILE WE'RE AWAY) MOVED IN AND TOMORROW HIS KIDS ARE MOVING IN! THIS AFTERNOON I HAVE TO HAVE A MASSIVE CLEAN UP OF MY ROOM. YAY! NOT! JUST SET UP BLOG, LIKE IT?
BYE!!