Santiago Zoo

... are plenty of people to chat to..... or just veg out to a movie. Anyways, the pass was fine and so was our arrival into Santiago Chile! We completed another wine tour, this time at a winery called concha y toro, it was not as good as some of the ...

... a long journey ahead of us? Well, I meant long in terms of distance. We didn't get the bus back from San Pedro to Santiago, we flew instead. Although, we nearly didn't get to do either!! The night before we left we managed to discover a low cost ...

OK, so we finally got on a bus to Santiago in Chile... it took some doing though because when we first got there, they told us there were still no buses... it turned out that wasn't the case though, and we managed to get a bus that morning, that went ...

... nachtvlucht landen we na een behoorlijk bochtig manoeuver boven de laatste uitlopers van de Andes op de luchthaven Benitez in Santiago de Chile. Het is 9.18 uur op zondag 29 oktober. Voor Old Sukkelhand de tweede landing op Zuid-Amerikaanse bodem. Voor ...

After a little sleep in we took on Santiago...starting with the zoo. I know, hardly a cultural start. Donīt ask why, it was really close by and was actually fantastic for our average Spanish!! Highlights were the white tigers and the polar bear, ...

... those in Valparaiso ferries people up to top of this fantastic vantage point, stopping halfway up to let people off for the zoo. Once at the top, all of Santiago is spread out below and the Andes beyond with their veil of smog. A short, steep walk to the ...

... waiters...very busy...and very good. We splurged with a nice steak and dessert too. Yummy! Later in the day we went for a trip to the petting zoo. We all had a great time. It was unlike our petting zoos, much more like the animals natural ...

Early one Saturday morning we headed into the city to hike up a very large hill overlooking the older area of Santiago... a park called Cerro San Cristobal.  It is a massive park, gaining the title as the largest urban park in the world... due ...

... not share the drinks they bring to the party.  On Sunday I just slept and tried to plan my further travel week. In Summary, Santiago is not the most exciting city, but it was really fun to meet Rebecca again. I also spent half my time eating and ...

  I continued my phase of moving between large cities by entering Santiago, Chile's very modern capital. The smog rising from its buildings and streets could be seen from some way off but around the centre it seemed fairly clean. As big cities go, ...