Chile in January is a sensual delight--the height of summer! This year getting out of the U.S. was no picnic: A snowstorm dropped 18 inches of snow on New York just hours before many of us departed. When Cathy Fleming found that even a four-wheel drive vehicle couldn't navigate the snow drifts on her street, she threw her duffel bags on a sled and mushed her way to a waiting car. Within hours we were dropped into a world of rainbows, ripening fruit and evenings of never-ending twilight.