Hotel Quito Santiago
Quito n*36 Santiago, 6326632, Chile
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Bienvenido a Santiago !
... another couple, John & Katherine, from Olympia, Wash were on our flight and also staying at our B & B. Ironically, they came up to Vancouver to catch the 2pm Air Canada flight to Toronto ( ours was the Noon departure that ended up being 40 mins late). It wasn't long after leaving the airport when we arrived at the Casa Moro B & B. Given it was already mid afternoon, and after getting our room ...
Adios South America....
... I didnt get close enough. Anyway.... moving onnnnnn....
The hostal we are staying at has a sister hostal a couple of blocks away called Bellavista. There is a “mojito and sausage night” on there (yes I agree its a weird combo) but we thought we would go and check it out. On arriving there are 8 people there, no music and its pretty much dead. We have a mojito (that's what it was supposed to be and thats what was made although that's not ...
We could get used to this...
... so many lovely shops, cafes, restaurants, Sam and I couldn’t help but think we would like this to be our home for the next year. Out of all the cities we have been to so far this one is the one that hit us as 'the’ place that would be great to live. It just seemed to have so much to offer. We took a stroll to the huge Funicular railway that took us up pretty high to a fantastic point with views across the whole of Santiago. That evening we were ...
FOOD! Family and friends!
... on where to go next! I am going to stay here until Sunday or Monday then may go up the north of Chile. Might not go to Argentina now as apparently it is difficult to get to Bolivia from Mendoza but much easier to go from North of Chile and there are some touristic towns that felipe said are very beautiful. So just vegging out today, Paulina is coming over after work were going to go grocery shopping and make a big dinner for Felipe Paula and Francisco!
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Santiago
... appears to be below standard state education. There is a very heavy tax on books, of all things, so a book may cost as much as $60. Our guide’s conspiracy theory is that the government does not want the Chilean people to think for themselves. He may be right. Despite this, the city is modern and although I am sure there are shanty towns on the outskirts we didn’t see anything like La Paz. We moved on between various stops where he pointed out ...



