Mornings are a figment of the imagination for the majority of the Casa Roja residents. When I stir its is around 6am. I am woken either by my phone alarm, buried in my bag in the locker, or a huge trumpetting dawn chorous from the bed opposite. Anyhow I climb off the bunk bed to open my locker and silence the phone and then climb back into bed. ...

Photos here Hola otra vez, mis amigos y amigas!! I´m now back in Santiago, Chile after a bit of a whistle-stop tour of Northern Argentina. All is good and a little too much vino has been sunk. This will be my last entry before I start my conservation work in the Galapagos on Monday. I can´t wait to get stuck in to be honest and am really hoping ...

We made the long haul across the Pacific and it´s fair to say that turning up with some serious jet lag in a city of 6 million non-English speaking people might have been a bit intimidating. Santiago, Chile is surrounded by the Andes on one side and coastal mountain range on the other. Ordinarily this should make for some great views, but the bo...

Santiago is much bigger then i thought. 1/3 of the Chilian population lives here. The city seem very modern and well planed.

The title basically says it all. An uneventful 24 hour bus ride from the desert to the capital. After being in the desert for a week, it was a relief to finally get to a big city again, but it also meant it was time to run around and do tons of errands to catch up on stuff that was overdue (like internet time), and get ready for the upcoming gla...

Santiago was fun a bit too much i would say, the gang at the hostal like always had plans for the long nights and i decided to join them. I also visited a wine factory, one of the biggest is Chile they do the Casillero del Diablo and many more. And yes i also walked all over the place, you can start seeing a more latin vibe.

Monday - Took the 9.15am bus from Pucon to Santiago with Amanda - still feeling quite tired from the volcano so slept quite a lot of the way. We arrived at around 8pm and jumped into a taxi to Casa Roja hostel, we hadn't booked and on arrival we discovered that they were full, so we got back into the cab and went to the Hostel International plac...

Having hit the major museums, I go to the Colorado and Natural History ones. OK but not worth special effort. The Palacio Cousino which shows what life was like for the wealthy at the turn of the century is extravagant.

We arrived early morning at Alameda Bus station for our second visit to Santiago. After our successful meal experience in Barrio Brasil during our flying visit a week before we decided to stay in Barrio Brasil as our base to explore Santiago for the next 2 days. We plumped for a mid priced option recommended in Lonely Planet (as a point of inter...

Keskiviikkona saavuttiin Santiagoon. Mainettaan huomattavasti mukavampi kaupunki ja potentiaalia myös ehdokkaaksi "kaupunki jossa voisin asua" - listalle. Ja tälle listallehan pääsee hyvillä ravintoiloilla ja kivalla arkkitehtuurilla. Ensimmäinen on edellytys ja jälkimmäinen bonus. Nyt on todistetusti käynyt niin, että todellisen rinkkamatkailun...