Director Santiago

... gate three throw away lighters, gate 4 go threw metal detector and throw away bottled water, gate 5 show your ticket and PHEW we're in.<br><br>Warm-up, band march, Chile anthem and we wait for Argentina vs. Uruaguay to start. The two games start at the same time and whomever wins the games qualify for the world cup. This is serious ...

... to some food item or crazy driving <br>3. learning how to say...what/excuse me/ could you repeat/ slower please.....in every way possible <br>4. telling yourself you dont smell thaaaat bad<br>5. having no idea what im ordering and for that matter even eating and going for it anyway<br>6. getting lost<br>7. asking for directions <br>8. nodding and smiling in attempt to show i kind of understand <br><br>it was a lovely first half...time for the second!!!

... br><br>After another long, but fairly comfortable trip down the Pan-American, we arrived in Santiago Thursday morning and followed a flyer we picked up at Franklin´s to Hostel de Sammy. We didn´t know it at the time, but the biggest draw of the place was the apple-banana pancakes and eggs that the owner Charles makes fresh every morning. The free high-speed internet and game room with fooseball and a pool table weren´t too bad either. Our first night in ...

... terms with the staff lol. Then Hannah joined me and a guy from Dublin called Colm. After a few drinks Hannah hit the sack as she was goosed and me and Colm went to join a few Americans he'd been chatting to earlier. We went to the main strip where the locals go and got a big bottle of beer between us for 1,000 pesos. Oh and managed to suss the exchange rate, its 800 ish pesos to the pound. Had a few local beers in some bars and then hit the sack at about 1am.

... shoes!!! A 7 hour day bus shipped us north to La Serena. The city had a nice beach but it was cold and cloudy when we were there, and the beach was deserted. The highlights of this town were the two tours we took. The first night, we took an astronomy tour, as this area in Chile is known for its consistently clear skies and observatories. We jumped into the tour van, and immediately became concerned, when a group of 7 young girls piled ...

So now I am on my own beginning my South American adventures. I didn´t feel nervous at all about coming here by myself, I have dreamt about coming here for so long that all I felt was excitement. Chile is 4300kms long so my Lonely Planet tells me and the distances I am going to be covering during my South American trip are a bit mind boggling. I leave Santiago tomorrow to start a 5 day bus journey down south and I can´t wait. Santiago is ...

Vu que nous sommes pres de la frontiere, nous decidons d'aller au Chili. En plus nous pouvons nous faire heberger a Valparaiso. Le bus est cher, nous faisons du stop. Moins de 30 minutes et un bus s'arrete. La route est toujours aussi belle et monte de plus en plus. La frontiere est a plus de 3000 m. Le passage est long. Tous les baggages sont fouilles, aucun fruit ou produit frais ne peut rentrer ...

... tries/pwong/euro-2007/1188526740/tpod.h tml). Puerto Fuy is located in Vitacura, an even more upscale neighbourhood in Santiago, that could've passed for any any ritzy area in any major city in the world. Driving up to the restaurant, there were tons of other high-end restaurants - in fact, we passed a few other places that I had found on the internet and considered trying. Ben and Ha had never sampled such cuisine before, so I ...

... couldn't eat.<br><br>The main problem was that I simply hadn´t brought that much cash out, so I had to walk all the way back to the hostel to get more money so that we could settle the food bill! Katie complained that she had to sit there like a lemon, but I'd rather do that than trek back to the hostel!<br><br>In the end we paid a lot for very little, but at least the food was tasty. <br><br>We're quite sad to leave Chile ...

... t try the Indian restuarant but hear it is very good. The breakfast was good.<br><br>Our room was fine, overlooking the little swimming pool. We were straight out to explore and get some food. (The search for food and toilets is a seemingly endless one.....)<br><br>It really hit us now that Christmas was coming as they were in the middle of putting up a huge Coke-Cola sponsored Christmas Tree in Plaza De Armas ...