I took only nine pictures today, of workmen looking into the problem of the well (or rather the pump in the well) and hoping to get to the bottom of the problem soon; and of Leo dangling his feet in the swimming pool and becoming irritated by the six or seven dogs that were quite insistent that he should throw a tennis ball into the garden so that they could run after it and retrieve it - over and over and over again.

 It was good to think that many of our fellow Copiapoathoners from last week were now completing their fourth day back at work while we still had two weeks of our holiday to go. R&R is good, but I was getting restless and found myself looking at maps and looking for places to go for a next trip, when ever this might be. By lunchtime, it became clear that Florencia would be needed at Lonquen for a few days more, so I presented the plan I had hatched to Juan and Leo who jumped at the idea .....