When it comes to food Chile don't have too much exciting to offer for a food lover and no matter where you go it's all pretty much the same. We did have some really good food down in Puerto Natales but that was an African restaurant. You can probably find some good food in Santiago as well but you really need to know where to look. We have understood that Chileans are a bit afraid to loose their face if they go into a restaurant and don't understand the meny and that might be one answer to the conformity of what's served.
The old French Consulate we stayed as was very charming at first sight but it was very run down and for sanity reasons we were happy to leave.
After we had breakfast we slowly drove inlands towards Vicuna. Every city in Chile we have driven through has proven to be a project in itself. The one way streets are spread at random and they are not indicated on the gps which makes it only useful for macro navigation. This morning it took ages just to get out of Coquimbo and we drove in circles several times. Btw for some reasons the drivers in Chile are in love with the horn on their car and downtown of any city/village is a constant honking symphony.
We reached Vicuna just after lunch and found a fantastic little garden of a hostel in the middle of town where we could camp. In the afternoon we just kicked back and lay under a tree enjoying the sun and treated our bellies.
This part of Chile is known for very few cloudy nights and there are several astrological obervatories located here. After the sun had set we took a trip into the mountains to see the Mamalluca observatory where we got to peek in their telescope and a energetic guide tought us how to use stars to navigate. Very little information actually stuck but it was an amazing evening.
Now we are enjoying a quiet night with the crickets under a star covered sky.
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