Hotel Alcala del Rio Santiago

... 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 ...

... not being able to follow the signs at all & eventually managed to get my ticket to Chile at the gate!Some random Scottish dude tried to help and nearly got me completely lost!Luckily I didn't follow him!Eventually I started to board the flight and the sun was coming up so i was like not too bad at all.

Landed Chile and wandered around looking for the bus, but at this stage I was jacked so I decided I would take up one the taxi dudes i turned down.Got to the hostel & ...

Day 85 Friday 27th March - Chile Tried having a lay in but my body clock must be all over the place so I ended up getting up at about 8am. I went down for breakfast as I got the impression that once stuff goes its gone and they don't fill up. Had some apple juice, and a toasted barm thing with butter and jam followed by a banana. The breakfast room was only small and consisted of about 3 small tables so you kinda had to eat and go so that there was room for other ...

... veg, just meat & spuds.....Colin had what looked like a leg of Pork on his plate which would have served 6 at home. The vineyard was very small & everything was done by hand, tasted the wines, some were ok & others were ropey, but bought some as they were cheap & we had a fridge in our room....managed some time to relax on our balcony enjoying life. That night, went to local plaza where music & dancing was underway ...

Arrive in the early morning after flight from Gautamala City via Panama City, tired and grumpy. Weren´t impressed when shunted into dungeon as attendees to big conference had booked up all the beds. They were a funny bunch and tried to convert us to the "Herbal Life ...

... Princess which our good friends Denny and Kathy were on. They were just a few days before us on this trip - but they made an expedition to the Falkland Islands and then down to Antarctica - we were hoping to run into them but no such luck. We will have to wait until we get home to get a report. We had asked Jeanie and Monroe if they wanted to spend the day with us as we had rented a car for two days and they accepted. We picked up the car ...

... cheap, never more than a dollar per hour. Perus roads were not so bad but other dangers lurked in robbers (only ever heard about them) and farmers with their stones (saw them). Perus city roads, notably Arequipa and its million yellow taxis (no one dare drive a private car there) were just downright dangerous and noisy beyond belief. But again, in Peru, we ate well. In Chile the roads are grand and the buses grander. Same goes for Argentina. And in ...

... today, so we might have to sack that off.

So today's entry will therefore be short and sweet as we'll do very little of interest to ourselves, let alone anyone else.

Katie eventually surfaced at 8pm, a very impressive 18 HOURS after going to bed last night, so I struck while the iron was hot and dragged her out for dinner.

We walked over to an area called Bella Vista, which I recognised from our drunken ...