Hotel Alcala del Rio Santiago

... fahrbar: die Schraube des Schnellspann**s vorne abgebrochen od** fehlend. Also Programmwechsel, statt direkt aufs Land zu**st mit dem Bus in die City und nach langem Fussmarsch eine Velow**kstatt gefunden. Die Schraube ist rasch festgezurrt, Die Mechanik** sind begeist**t von meinem Velo und machen es gratis. Somit fahrb**eit!

... verbs are not used the same way in the spanish speaking world. Let me give an example. When ordering something from say a fast food place the cashier says "Aqui para cancelar" literally meaning "Here to cancel" instead of "Aqui para pedir" or "Here to order". So cancelar in this sense which should mean to cancel means to do the opposite, to order. What kinda **** is that? Get with the program Chile! I guess this was a "cultural" experience and I did end up getting food that ...

Santiago is a metropolis in comparison to other South American cities with prices to match. Its a nice looking city, littered with well kempt parks, pretty suburbs, and trendy nightlife areas. But you get the feeling as with Singapore, its all a little sterile. Lining the city one one side are the Andes which can be just about seen through the city's well publicised smog. To get a better view of the city ...

... crire toutes ces histoires sans savoir qui les lit... Merci à celles et ceux qui ont pris le temps de m'écrire! PS: j'ai aussi eu ce qui est probablement la pire coupe de cheveux de ma vie à Santiago... :) ---------- Bariloche being sadly terribly expensive (like Ushuaia), I didn't stay very long. So I have only seen the city for a day, a rainy Sunday with everything closed. Great. From Bariloche in a few hours of bus we go to Osorno in Chile, slightly to the North of Puerto Montt ...

On the 16th of February we boarded our time machine to take us to South America. Time travel was fun, though slightly confusing. After an 11 hour flight we managed to land 5 hours before taking off - "ta-da"- seeing Mondays sunrise twice in the process! Slightly shell-shocked we arrived at Santiago airport and transferred straight to our funky, bright hostel in the bohemian area of Bellavista. For a S. American capital city, Santiago is ...

... to go for a run around 4.30pm the sun broke out and it was about 28 degrees - meaning tht i was desperate for a swim when I got back to the beach but I ended up being the only one as I couldn´t convince any of the girls to join me. Finally it was bussing back to Santiago where we are staying the next couple of nights at Paula´s. Unfortunately our onward plans for bariloche don´t seem to be panning out with buses not leaving early ...

... had improved, and they were both hoping to ride the teleferico later today. I ended up eating lunch by the pool - normally, I wouldn't eat a meal at a hotel unless it was included, or there was a hottie hotel receptionist (ask John about our ****** breakfast at the Hotel Sol, all those years ago ...) But today, I was too lazy to look for anything else, too hungry to care, and I also didn't have much cash left on me. All that, combined ...

... it was a bit bizarre, but also very romantic. This part of town reminded us of Italy! <br><br>The views from the top were great, there can´t be many cities with skyscrapers and also mountains quite so close to the centre? <br><br>You might have to look closely to see the ...