Espana Santiago

... to our first winery Causino Macul (think thats the name) a family owned winery that makes a great little drop called Gris - looks like a rose but actually a cab sav (and roses are actually white wines)....and only 4U$ a bottle. Next stop was Conchuo y Torro (again, not sure of the spelling) but its the biggest producer of wine in Chile and pretty sure you can pick it up at Cool Wines at home. Both ...

... place.We trekked around & up a little hill to view a castle – the view of the Andes was unreal – got a few nice pics there. Walked half way round town after that, dropping into Joke shops & other Cafes recommended in the lonely Planet, highlight of the joke shop being the DIY Vasectomy!Skipped Museums luckily!The Cafe we stopped in, I managed to get Half a Chicken – couldn’t finish it. Then the guys stopped into this place and got the crazy cheese ...

... the 70% raw product. Our lips and throat burned for hours after that! Then, they gave us a shot of the 40% refined product for sale...after the first shot, it tasted like grape juice! Lastly, they gave us a Mango Sour, a 12% cooler made from pisco and mango. The next morning we hoofed it to the bus station for a 7 hour drive to Copiapo where we planned to do some hiking in the surrounding National Parks. Upon arrival though, we found ...

... that I want to see. It looks unlikely that I will even go to Paraguay now that I don´t have work to take me there. Instead Boliva is looking increasingly likely to be added to my list of Chile, Argentina, possibly Uraguay, Peru and Equador. It all looks so feasible looking at the map but I keep reminding myself that this continent is HUGE! For now I am going to stick to my plans to head to Tierra Del Fuego and see what happens from there.

... jet lagged. We were up earlier than before and actually managed to do something with the day, but we were far from being at full strength. We wondered into town in search of a guide book in English. This was an easy task all over Asia, but here it proved to be quite a bit harder. The only guide we could find was a Lonely Planet and it was on sale for about twice the price marked on the back. Naturally that was unacceptable, so we decided to find ...

... living creature ... - people started coughing and even I who is usally not sensitive to such gases suddenly startet to wonder what the stewards where spraying around ... - if I have long-term illnesses through that still has to be determined ... The flight of nearly four hours went quite smoothly - besides some interesting ...

... we were only served simple butter, instead of the compound butters you would expect to have. We were later given some high-end Chilean olive oil to have with the bread - Wade definitely has a refined palate, as he was able to pick up on a grassy flavour in the oil. Bang on! A wonderfully refreshing and unique flavour to start the meal. Some so-so crackers were also served to us. As we enjoyed wine while waiting for the actual ...

... slow' and seemed pleasantly surprised when she realised that I could actually string a sentence together! I must have been all over the shop yesterday.<br><br>After paying our US$48 for our room, we strapped on our backpacks and walked down to the local metro station. We were ...

... friendliness we were shown by everyone. We tried to offer petrol money but he wouldn't hear of it.<br><br>We ate at Las Vacas Gordas (the brilliantly named Fat Cows). This was just a walk from our hotel which was great. We had an excellent steak and a lovely red wine and then waddled back to the hotel.<br><br><br> <br><br>Next morning we were out and about again. We had one whole day to cover as much of Santiago as ...