We have good wifi here so I wish my big sis a happy birthday through the ether.
Our hotel is on the edge of town (described as rustic in the guidebook I was worried this might mean something less than comfortable) but it was just proximity to roosters I guess...
WE check out the hotel almost next door. There are 10 rooms, they all come with a guide (whatever language you like) and the car for the duration of your stay. Also all your creature comforts and culinary needs. Cost” US$3300, min 2 nights. We ask if the resto takes outside guests. No. But the manage is not busy and takes us on a wee tour of the absolutely lovely place. It’s full. You need to book way in advance to get a room here.
Typical of many of the places we are visiting, the museums are closed for renovation. The town is all pink adobe homes, dry pin dusty roads, a few sidewalks, and typically an indigenous Pueblo, similar to the US SW pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico that we love. You are advised not to take photographs of local people unless you have their specific permission, but we find everyone very friendly and kind. i guess they love their tourists.
The chef at our hotel is outstanding. When you sit down at restos in Chile, you get bread and their own version of a salsa or other home made accompaniment. Here you also get a different amuse bouche each evening. The food is beautifully prepared and cooked, all our fish comes ‘no muy cocido’ (lightly cooked) as we like it. Good wines come by the glass. The pisco sours are hellish strong...It costs little more than the usual restos.
In our room when we arrive is an ice bucket with two small bottles of Chile winery Underraga’s brut, which we enjoy on the patio. Unfortunately, rooms are arranged around the parking area, all safely inside a gated enclosure, but it’s quiet and we have a few plants to look at.
One afternoon I retire to the nice little pool but it’s too hot at this temperature and altitude to sit in the sun and I get a burn on my upper legs usually covered with shorts) and shoulders just sitting on the edge of the pool.
Ted meanwhile enjoys his wandering back and forth around the small town, where we are about 10 minutes from the centre.
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