Today we went on a trip to the Elqui Valley and Tololo
Obervatory. It was a long drive but the
scenery was breath taking.
Elqui Valley is where they produce wine and the ‘national’ drink, Pisco. Here is a drink that lives up to its
name. You only need two and you are very pisco!
On the journey up to the observatory Gillian could hardly look out the window as it
was a single dirt track road going up a mountain to 7500 feet in a huge coach!
Once at the top , the views were magnificent and we had an
informative talk about theobservatory and saw the huge telescopes they use to
watch the stars. They have the largest camera in the world for recoding images
and have recently found new galaxies.
Outside, we felt that we were on top of the world, the
views and colours were just magnificent
and the photos do not really do it justice.
Stopped for lunch on the way back down the valley and sat
with a nice couple and Keith asked him what he did and he whispered ‘I am the captain and this is my fiancee’; we
did not recognise him!!
Had a pleasant lunch and good chat about ship life, no one
else on the trip recognised him and we kept his secret as he would have been
inundated with requests for photos….and he has offered us a trip to the bridge
so assuming he remembers that will be fun!
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