Welcome to my new wheeze. This way I can keep a record of the trips I make, and if any of you are interested you can find out what I have been doing. I'll keep it pithy, promise. Flew Manchester-Paris-Santiago, at least that was the plan, but Santiago was covered in fog. Hopped over the Andes to Mendoza, a small airport not really set up for b...

So, my month in South America has begun, with my first port of call being another island in the South Pacific - Easter Island. Regrettably, I only spent about an hour here to clear Chilean immigration, and didn´t leave the airport. I only wish I knew that I´d be stopping here when I booked my ticket, as I´d have certainly stopped for a night or ...

... so we left Cypress In and BA for the last time and boarded our flight to Santiago and a new chapter (albeit short) in Chile. The approach to Santiago airport included about 15 mins flying over the Andes, a quite stunning spectacle in bright sunlight. At times the peaks felt like they would reach us at 10000m! Chilean customs were very strict...

Jarrett was up early to see if we could get any tour for the day, but there was nothing available. Most of the tours were 2 to more days of travelling, or they required at least 4-5 people. Well, there were only the two of us. We tried something else for tomorrow but no luck... the max we did was to put our names in a list in the case more ...

Despite all the last minute plastering of walls and rushing in Sydney we made the flights with plenty of time to spare.  As predicted Liz  balled her eyes out at the airport... just like a 7 years old little girl and again mid flight whilst listening to Coldplay. After a quick stop in Auckland we arrived in Santiago abou...

I met my brother, Fouad on the evening of arriving back to Santiago from Easter Island. After spending a good 30 minutes at airport deciding which Taxi to take to get to the hotel, the four of us, Ahikiva, Blair, Tota and myself finally decided to catch the van suggested to us by the Spanish couple. This only cost us about 4000 Pesos, which is a...

I love this place! We have been on a tour to Valparaiso, and to Vina Del Mar. They were amazing cities. They are right beside each other on the coast, and they are holiday towns for all the residents of mendoza and santiago, because they are so close, only 1.5 hours from santiago. We saw parks, cool statues, a lot of palm trees, an original moai...

Wed 13th - Sat 16th Dec. Met Joe, who had left Auckland the day before me, in our chosen hostel in the Barrio Brasil district of Santiago. "La Casa de Roja" is the best hostel I have ever stayed in. It´s in an old 19th century mansion, one of those really nice old-style places with alot of character. Friendly staff and I like...

After a long plane trip, I finally arrived in Santiago de Chile. The best thing was the 30 degrees of temperature change. I did not understand much Spanish on the flight, although i took a course at university before i left, but learning a language takes some time. At least the phrase "quiero otro vino, por favor" came in quite handy; other phra...

Sea level at last! It feels so different to be back down at sea level - we have so much more energy here and no longer feel out of breath climbing a flight of stairs or walking down the road. we´ve just arrived and are about to set out to explore the city. We´ll update again soon.