After a mammoth 10 hour flight from Auckland, I landed in Chiles capital Santiago approximately 5 hours before I left New Zealand - pesky international time-line. The plane journey was livened up (not!) by a selection of 6 of the worst films around at the moment, Barry Norman definitely was not involved in the film selection for LAN airlines. I...

Must be groundhog day - still 12th and still in-flight. No photos yet - have to get the cable out of baggage! Flew in to Santiago over snow-capped Andes - spectacular, and a rapid descent. Not much sleep yet due to the kicking boy and the coughing man! Onto the 3rd flight tonight to Lima and believe it or not - it will STILL be the 12th! So Mich...

Today i´ve officially spent 3 months in south america. So i have now arrived in santiago de chile, And realised today my plane leaves from buenos aires to go home, guess i´ve officially missed my first flight home. That being said i guess i´ll just have to catch the bus home, What a shame looks like i might miss winter. Yesterday Yesterday was a...

1) Mountains Mountains are massive. It sounds obvious, but I don't think you can actually grasp the concept of massive until you have seen some really big mountains. In Madrid you could squint on a sunny day and catch a glimpse of the Sierra. In Santiago, due to the pollution, it looks like there are no mountains, just a grubby sky over the city...

I have arrived to Santiago...de Chile, not Spain. That was the travelogue. Well, it was rough goin' getting out of Chicago. Blizzard conditions and wind gusts of up to three thousand miles per hour (jeje) kept me one more day in The Windy City. But at last, sunny prevailed the following day to send me on my way to even sunnier skies in Santiago...

Got the bus across the Andes to the border for a relatively painless border crossing amidst wonderful scenery. More snow on the mountains and fantastic coloured rocks contrasting with the snow and clear blue skies. Mid afternoon we approach the bustle of Santiago where we realise we have now been several times and it is our fifth time in Chile, ...

Aca estoy partiendo sola al Gateway Orientation de Fulbright q es en Portland, pero como Mideplan no me puede pagar el pasaje a Portland en vez de a NY, voy a tener q rebotar...varias veces.

Hace una semana que me llegó la carta de aceptación de la University of Manchester que estuve esperando por meses, así como en las películas gringas. Aunque claro, me tenía que pasar lo que sería poco rentable considerar en las películas: que la carta venía fallada. Como necesito esa carta para sacar la visa de estudiante, y decía que después de...

Well after a very long 8 hour stopover in the prestigious Miami airport and then an 8 hour flight we finally arrived in Santiago. While waiting for our flight they did mention a small mechanical problem but amazingly we have arrived and are good to go. Getting a taxi was easy, however finding our correct accommodation establishment was less easy...

Arrived here in Santiago safely is not well slept. Just have to get stronger durgs for those overnigiht flights. Back pack unfortunately, did not arrive on the same plane. Not to worry they said, it will be in on a later flight this afternoon. Sure makes going through customs easier. Caught a mini bus taxi to the hotel with no real problems. Hot...