First snows

The seasons seems to be racing along now as on Saturday the aforementioned deluge broke loose and it rained all day and was really cold (around 12 degrees centigrade - how quickly we forget).

So that meant only one thing yesterday for our planned walk in the mountains... there was snow!

In fact we were treated to three seasons in one; imagine, clear blue sky, hot beaming sun, yellow and golden leaves and snowcapped mountains. Simply breathtaking.

Our destination was Cajon del Maipo, a gorge or canyon up in the Andes around an hour south-east of the city. It's a favourite weekend haunt of Santiaguinos, and as you would expect on Easter weekend, there were a lot of cars.

Funnily enough, we were the only ones walking and on a couple of occasions, drivers stopped to ask us directions. We were a little surprised, as we don't exactly look like outdoorsy types, but I guess the fact that we were exploring the valley on the power of two legs (and without the guide which seems to be mandatory here) suggested otherwise.

We barely scratched the surface of the cajon, covering around 10 miles in total, but the views were amazing and it will be interesting to go back in the winter to see how it changes.