A ten thousand kilometre adventure through beautiful Chile by train, bus, boat, car, plane and foot; from the Atacama Desert in the far north to Patagonia in the far south. Muchas gracias a todos nuestros amigos chilenos!

Written, read and recorded by James Whiley. 

Other cool podcast tech stuff done by Rod Morri at Sydney Podcast Studios. 

See www.sydneypodcaststudios.com.au if you want to make your own.

You can see some photos that accompany this chapter at the We’re Only Here Once instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/jamesw_woho/

The texts of the stories are at www.jameswhiley.com

Big thanks and love to my family and friends for their support.

All ‘We’re Only Here Once’ music written by James Whiley and performed by James Whiley and the Nomads, who are: 

Anton Harris – drums; Lindsay Jenkins – bass; Quentin Cooper – mandolin; Tama Taita – lead guitar; Josh Kronfeld, Midge Marsden and Vic Polyik – harmonica; Ainslie Laverty – keyboards; John Thomasson – flute, trombone and scat singing; Nic Leedon – lead and rhythm guitars; Tony Stephens – saxophone; James Whiley – songs, singing, rhythm and lead guitars; Nigel Jenkins – recording engineer.

The harmonica in this chapter is Australian bluesman, Vic Polyik. Check out his page at www.bluestrain.com.au

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