The Spectator, February 5th, 2005
CHILE
Last summer I drove to the south of Chile and Patagonia in a battered jeep with two friends: Matthew, whose jeep it was and who spoke Spanish fluently and worked as a merchant banker, and Oliver, cod philosopher and all-round wise guy.
Matthew suggested we begin our tour gently, to get us into the spirit of things. Our first stop therefore was at a hacienda a mere two hours south of Santiago at Los Lingues. It is owned by one of Chile's oldest and grandest families, the Claro-Liras who have been there since the 16th century and who, perhaps more to the point, are friends of Matthew's. ...
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