I have just returned from a weeks snowboarding in the luxury ski resort of Portillo (which conveniently has a cheaper dormitory too). So after snowboarding every day we could go to the Jacuzzi then kick back in the bar and drink expensive beers whilst the house band played Hotel California again (of course changing the lyrics occasionally to Hotel Portillo).
The photos are from when we decided to have a bit of extra fun(?) one day, we hired some snowshoes and hiked across the almost frozen lake for a few hours, hiked up a mountian, put a run in at the end of the valley, and hiked back. It took so long that we almost missed lunch. But it was a fun, memorable and tiring day out.
The almost frozen lake taken from Hotel Portillo... (small dots on the right are some skiers)
The intrepid team: Prof Tim, Yumi and Matt
small dots on the left are some skiers (Matt and Tim) .It would seem skis are a bit more handy than snowboards and snowshoes for this kind of excursion. Notice how my snowboard is held together with ducktape. oops.
The almost frozen lake several hours later from the otherside. You can just make out the yellow hotel Portillo in the background here.
The house band! (A disappointing lack of Stevie Ray Vaughan material, considering the fine headgear)
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¡Muchas gracias Raul por el viaje a Santiago! ¡No Problem!
The almost frozen lake taken from Hotel Portillo... (small dots on the right are some skiers)
The intrepid team: Prof Tim, Yumi and Matt
2 comments:
Oooi ya chav! It wuz we who saved the lunch for ya, ya wuld huv missed it fer shur had it not been for your friends in skiland.
Yes Tim! Thanks for saving us lunch. It was the greatest chicken ever. You are the best. Like yur blog... cant believe Matt missed the train... what a wally.
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