Chile has a relatively racially homogenous, non-international population. There is a very, very Chilean look, and very few foreigners in Chile. Almost everyone has darker skin and darker hair and there's even a really common facial structure. For the most part, it's easy to spot non-Chileans on the street just by glancing at them. I have the dar...
We ended up staying for an extra day in Mendoza just taking it easy and cruising around with the mendocinos eating ice-ream (helado). The residents seem to eat ice-cream everyday and there's a store on every corner making for good competition and lots of eclectic flavours. We took the chance to buy some top quality sports&nb...
We visited the Cousino-Macul winery today with a small group of students. Just outside the city...a metro ride + 30 minute walk. It's easy to forget, while in Santiago, that you are at the foot of the Andes mountains, and then every once in a while you look up and realize you are in their shadow. The winery is on the east side of Santiago, which...
We are getting the bus at 10pm, will let you know how it was when we arrive! We are going FULL CAMA tonight, which doesn´t mean we get our won double bed as Maria suggested when I spoke to her tonight! But we should get seats that are a lot more comfortable than we have been used to and it should be possible to sleep in them - we shall see!!!! B...
Santiago is a short stopover on my way up to San Francisco to attend a short course on hydroacoustics. I spent a full day here with a couple of friends walking all over the place enjoying the sunshine and the clear day (unusual for Santiago!). Could actually see the Andes for most of the day without the smog obscuring them. Very nice! As usual w...
Our early start, saw us travel the good roads very quickly...so we arrived in Santiago at about 4pm. The evening saw us have a nice girlie dinner at a lovely pub playing 80´s classics and then on to Blondies- not sure if i´d recommend it! The 6th I got going fairly early, but then had a leisurely breakfast chatting with the others. A...
Hola ! Well here we are in Santiago, the capital of Chile. Chile reminds me of Australia big time, they have gum trees! We got an apartment so we could do some cooking and have been hanging out with the locals, drinking cerveza and trying to talk Spanish on Pio Nono. The Andes Dominate the east with mountains like Ojos del salado, with a height ...
On Thursday 30th of March Mon and I set out for Pucon, in the South of Chile. Our trip started of with a slight hick-up! we were sold bus tickets for a bus that didn't exist! we thought we had purchased Santiago directly to Pucon, but what we got was Santiago to Temuco, change bus then to Villarica, then finally we arrived in Pucon on Friday mor...
