Caesar Business Santiago Chile

Well. I have arrived. And now I know what Jet Lag feels like. Canīt say I am enjoying the experience. A few compulsary sit downs while attempting to find a) information and b) water were required!

And sorry family, but Vodafone appears NOT to work at Santiago Airport (found another Kiwi having the same technical difficulties) so I have purchased my way into the Pacific Club to use their internet. Hoping there is a shower in here ...

... and head to airport. We spent our last 3 hours in South America browsing through Santiago airport which was fairly impressive.
So after 3 months we are saying goodbye to South America-it has been an absolute whirlwind-its so diverse and really is an amazing continent. Very cheap and so much to see. So its goodbye to trying to speak in our little spanish that we have and to brushing our teeth in bottled water and hello to New Zeland, Cook Islands and OZ for the next 2-3 months.

... were able to cover all of the ski area in just one day which was a good thing as the day out had burnt such a hole in our wallets that it would have been painful to need to go back for another day and not be able to afford it. We flopped into the minibus to head back and I crashed out until we reached the hostel again before transferring to bed and doing the same again.

The next few days in Santiago were not nearly as exciting, we have wandered around and ...

... give you your money back), a "welcome home" from an American accented Immigration Officer to the place we should call Aotearoa but most call New Zealand and some 5am conversation with Jack...Radio BFM, and hopefully soon some pies.



And here I am....another good couple of months of my journey to go and a lot of time to consider what has gone by and so I will but for now.



Ka Kite Ano

I made it to my homestay house. My hosts are both teachers at the school I am attending. Boris speaks English, much to my relief, and has been showing me around. We just went to the shops and got me some washing powder, food etc. The house is pretty big, about 5 bedrooms or so. The garden is also quite large and is filled with about a thousand pet cats and dogs. Apparently Lidia has a habit of picking up strays and ...

... of choice), zumitas (a very moist cornbread-like mix with spices and wrapped in a corn husk and not too far from a tamale) as well as great seafood. All in, my time in Santiago was well spent and much enjoyed-all with great weather (zero rain, highs of close to 80 and lows near 50 everyday)-but I was anxious to leave the city again and head to the much less hospitable-yet naturally extremely beautiful-terrain of Patagonia and one of the world's ...

... who were both very nice and of course fell in love with Michael. I spent the day climbing the city's big hill, Cerro San Cristobal, with some of the other college teachers. We went to a really neat pool that overlooks the whole city... thankfully, it was a really beautiful day. Tuesday, I had another free day which I spent timing different routes I could take to my school from our apartment. Michael took care of registering with the police ...

... it was a great start. The rest of the week has been pretty charged.. it would be long to resume in writing.. but a here are a few highlights- - getting lost in the HUGE central food market surrounded by intense people, smells & activity - meeting interesting people from all over the world - getting daily headaches that come with learning a new language - eating at great ...

... outs to keep the peace. At the end of the day we realised that we had to focus on make in the most of the last few weeks of the trip and that there was still so much to look forward to including the famed Chilean and Argentinian wine region, Buenos Aires, Uruguay and Brazil. So by our last day in Santiago we'd managed to clear our heads of the worries of future jobs, finances and re-settling in South Africa and started getting excited ...

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