Chilhotel Santiago

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Have a lovely Friday :o)

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I fully endorse the healing power of a chuppa chup. Feel a million times better after a 3 hour cat nap, a bit of sugar and some Chilean Mineral Water.

Have had a look around some of the crafty things - loads of stuff crafted from Volcanic Rock - half of it only rings a bell from the deoths of some Geo book I remotely remember! Good to see these ...

... was a 0-0 draw. So my first experience of the much talked about Latin American football culture - great atmosphere but what would it be like if they actually won ?? The restaurant (El Caramano) was near empty given the football was still going on, but got to try "ceviche" for the first time and a traditional corn pie with stewed chicken and beef. Whenever I travel I like to look for alternative tour operators, often for walking tours. In Santiago I found Chip Travel/La ...

... schedules and clear expectations... but we are learning very quickly that Chile operates very differently =) It will probably be pretty nice, actually... once I get used to it. Thursday , I registered with the police and got my RUT number, and Michael had another free day... Then Friday, Michael had another meeting at his school where he learned more about his role, schedule, which teachers and grade levels he'd be working with, etc. His ...

Yeah well like I said adventure in the big city, Ive got a couple of photos to add in later, internet access is proving to be annoying. Theres net cafes everywhere but the PC's are ****** and the camera I'm using an EOS 300d uses cf and is hard to transfer images... anyways Caught the metro into the city, the underground system is the best ive seen anywhere in the world ...

... time, quite something to watch. The only problem we could see with Santiago was that that had a major pollution problem. Like every major city pollution is often generated by heavy industries and vehicle emissions amongst others. The problem in Santiago was that the city was surrounded by tall mountains resulting in much of the pollution being trapped in the city bowl. Seems this has been an ongoing problem and there is no easy way to ...

... ziemlich gut gelaunt und es war alles in allem ein riesen Spass. Ich wurde dann noch nach Hause chauffiert und unterwegs besserten die zwei Pacos ihre Englischkenntnisse noch ein wenig auf, indem sie mich über mein ganzes Leben und die Gründe meiner Reise nach Chile ausfragten. Wie tief der Schock eigentlich sass, merkte ich dann erst, als ich schlafen wollte und die Geschehnisse mich einfach nicht in Ruhe lassen wollten ...