Hotel Plaza Londres Santiago

Carte d'identité du Chili - Population : 16 millions d'habitants - Capitale : Santiago du Chili, 4.7 millions d'habitants (soit plus d'un quart de la population chilienne), altitude 543 mètres. - Monnaie : Peso chilien soit 1 Dollar américain = 500 pesos chiliens - 19% des chiliens vivent en dessous du seuil de pauvreté Mercredi 19 décembre. Après une incursion en Argentine de deux semaines, nous passons au Chili et rejoignons la capitale, Santiago. Comme tous les voyageurs, nous avons toujou...

Yes indeed, a very quick one, just to say I have spent the whole day in the internet cafe updating you all, and me on the trip so far an am now off to sample some local food after checking in last night at the Hotel Plaza londrez which I can assure you is far less impressive than either it´s name or it´s exterior of which I have included a photo. Till next time, Oliver.

Photos here Hola otra vez, mis amigos y amigas!! I´m now back in Santiago, Chile after a bit of a whistle-stop tour of Northern Argentina. All is good and a little too much vino has been sunk. This will be my last entry before I start my conservation work in the Galapagos on Monday. I can´t wait to get stuck in to be honest and am really hoping that I am able to carry out some marine conservation as well as the work with the giant tortoise. First overland South American border crossing So, I ...

Just got into Santiago, very, very smoggy. Apparently the Andes are meant to be visible from this Chilean capital..... apparently...... It only occured to me today (after months travelling) that a city can be made or broken depending on the day. Have been in Santiago 3 days now and have seen the city transform from a commercial city with business suits running everywhere to a cultural city. The main Praca, Praca De Armas was alive on Sunday... buskers, stalls of all kinds, folk shows in the c...

Am Sonntag nachmittag sind wir in Santiago angekommen und mit der Metro zum Hotel beim Plaza Londres gefahren. Dieses Hotel befindet sich an einer zentralen und ruhigen Lage. Wir waren froh endlich die Rucksaecke fuer 4 Tage unangetastet zu lassen. Es gefaellt uns sehr gut in der Hauptstadt von Chile und wir fuehlen uns auch sehr sicher und wohl. Am Montag besuchten wir den Mercado Municipal "hauptsaechlich Fischmarkt" und genossen endlich wieder mal gutes und gesundes Essen. Da die Zeit noch...

Crossing the border into Chile from Los Penitentes in the Andes, it sure feels good to be back in the civilization and enjoying the luxuries of a big city again. Santiago is definitely worthwhile a visit on any tour through South America.

Diwrnod 36 - Gwener 26/09/08 (parhad) Milltiroedd Awyr a Deithwyd ~ Air Miles Travelled (Arequipa i Santiago) : 1,540 miles The plane arrived on time and after claiming by bag I jumped into a taxi and headed for my accomodation for the next 3 nights - Hotel Plaza Londres. Twenty minutes later (approx. 10.30pm) I was at the hotel - and after checking in straight to bed, a tad tired after my plane trip.. Diwrnod 37 - Sadwrn 27/09/08 Another lazy day planned - following a late breakfast I went f...

Diwrnod 38 - Sul 28/09/08 (parhad) Milltiroedd Tir a Deithwyd ~ Land Miles Travelled (Santiago i Valapariso i Santiago) : 150 milltir That evening, on the way back to my hotel, I called by the central station to buy my train ticket for the next day -the 5.30 pm down to Curico with EFE (http://www.efe.cl/). Diwrnod 39 - Llun 29/09/08 My last day in Santiago and after leaving my bags at the reception of the hotel I headed to the Plaza de Armas for the last time. I then caught the Metro and head...

From Ilha Grande be headed back to warm Rio to start winding down our stay in Brazil. First and most importantly we celebrated Katie´s birthday. Two days of celebrations were required for such a momentous occasion. This involved swimmer and shoe shopping in Ipanema where, after several hundred (exaggeration) swimsuit shops, we came away with a groovy pair of converse all stars and that night we went to the movies. On Katie´s actual birthday we went down and relaxed on Copacabana. This time th...

The flight across the Pacific meant that we crossed the international date line. The 16 hour flight was broken up by a 2 hour stop in Auckland. (J, G, A, S I shall return one day for a proper look but not enough time this time! It looked great from the airport and plane windows!) We took off from Sydney on May the 21st at 11am (not 12 as my ticket said! Good thing I turned up early!) and landed in Santiago at 1pm also on the 21st so I gained a whole day. Before going through customs everyone ...