Hotel Kennedy Santiago

I arrived last Sunday and spent less than 24
hrs in Santiago, but a busy less than 24 hrs it was! On arrival, i went
straight to Claudia´s house for an asado lunch and to sleep that night.
For the record, Claudia is a girl i met by my hostel bar pool in
Uruguay- neither her for her friend Caro (Carolina- also from Uruguay)
can speak a word of English, but somehow we hit it off- which is no
doubt a credit to Martha´s teaching at the ANU for 2 years ...

... better than plastic ones! I certainly got value for money and was feeling much warmer after that stop. Then we headed off to find "El Hureto", a vego restaurant recommended by my teacher. After a bit of backtracking we eventually got there and were very happy with what we found. Mostly it was the food that impressed me. I am not sure, but I think the burrito might ...

... our jam sandwich and dwindling water supply, just in case... - Our jungle guide managing to spot all number of nocturnal animals, including tarantulas and monkeys, in the pitch black but completely missing the biggest frog and spider we've ever seen during a day time canyon walk. - Watching Kamal sprint after a departing night bus, faster than he has ever run on a hockey pitch, to retrieve our bags ...

... a book that I had just started reading earlier in the week and that is truly an accomplishment for me.

We took the metro (!) from the Alameda bus terminal to a stop close to the Plaza de Armas, where we got off and walked a few blocks up to our hostel, which is beautifully situated on the 6th floor of a building on the south side of the plaza, offering breathtaking views of the vibrant square. Props to Julia for ...

... office (a real office, not a tourist agent) to book my flight to Madrid. Debbie and I sat around planning my 1-year European trip over beer again, and I finally went back to the AA office to book the flight! I am so excited, but....have to finish this one first! We had taken the subway to el centro to the AA office, and Debbie knew her way around the subway like a ...

Apres un enorme petit dejeuner, nous rejoignons Nelson avec Lucie et Liberty. Il nous fait comme a Valparaiso une visite de la ville. C'est bien agreable d'avoir un mec du coin qui nous parle de ce qu'on peut voir. Nous montons en telepherique au Cerro San Cristobal qui domine la ville. De la on peut prendre des bulles qui nous font descendre par l'autre versant de la colline, c'est plutot impressionnat et Lucie est plutot terrorisee. Nous mangeons un enorme steak avant de rentrer.

... sake. They will be gone by the morning, the bottles will be swept into trash and Pio Nono will straighten itself out again towards Cerro San Cristobal, a quiet alley lined with shady platans. Cerro San Cristobal was a last stop that day. There was little unusual there - white Virgin Mary on top competing with wireless masts, hot dog vendors here and there, another group coming on a funicular to snap pictures of a grand view. But I liked the terrace ...

... vrije en hebben we de openbare bus genomen naar de kust. Vina del Maris het geworden. Tja, wat zullen we er over zeggen; het is een badplaats zoals we die kennen. met wat marktjes er om heen.. Heerlijk genoten van de strandstoelen met parasol! De zee was heerlijk! begin koud maar wanneer je eenmaal door was.. Wat een golven, sterke onderstroom ook trouwens! Jammer van de grote pakschepen, die ...

Santiago: Nice archatecture, hamburgers, hotdogs, icecream - luckily we were only there 2 days, they were very tasty. Oh, we also watched the semifinal of the Chilean football league in a tiny Cafe with locals on a 20" TV. While eating hamburgers and hotdogs. The Santiago favourites, Colacola won through to the GF.

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So we chatted away to our new friends and after polishing off a bottle of very nice Sauvignon Blanc I even plucked up the guts to speak to the German guys.

They actually turned out to be surprisingly interesting, as they both raced in dragon boat teams, which is ...