Hotel Turismo Berlin La Serena

... m pretty sure that one of them stutters but I have no idea if either will ever receive speech therapy. I don´t know how that works outside of the US. It was endearing to be there with these kids and give them some kind attention, but it was also hard to see the psychological effects of not having a good family situation. I´m concerned about how they will find their way successfully into adulthood. I´m thankful for Annette´s teen home ...

After 2 and a bit weeks in Santiago it was time to head out of the smog and head north. Valparaiso is a coastal port city just an hour from the capital is home to some of the coolest street graffiti you´ll ever see. Parts of the city have been dedicated to an open air museum where artists (it´s unkind to call it graffiti!) can pick a wall and show off their talents. You´ll have to see the pics! I think the one of the Pope is my favourite. In Valpo, I had one of the ...

... acknowledge that instant Nescafe is garbage! I wandered over to the big, modern mall over by the bus station in search of an additional pair of shorts, only to find that it didn´t open until 11:00, so I popped over to an internet cafe for a bit. I ended up buying a pair of shorts at the mall once it opened - if you took away all the Spanish-speaking people, you could mistake it for any mall in North America. I had hoped to find some good choices in ...

... There´s even a LED display that alarms every time the driver goes over 100 km/hr, and apparently transmits the bus position every time this happens. Exactly where it transmits to, however, I do not know. The bus pulled into a second rest stop, where I quickly popped into the bathroom. Every time the bus stopped for an extended period, the steward adjusted the exterior LED display to show the departure time - we had 30 minutes here ...

... beds. Immediately I took a nap as I did not sleep that well in the bus. I woke up at about 12pm, took a shower, and then went into town. Seems like La Serena is quite a touristy town, with nice avenues, pedestrian streets and lots of hotels/hostels. It's Sunday, so most shops were closed. I went to ...

... rdlich d** Stadt und Pisco Elqui das Tal in dem Pisco h**gestellt wird...so ne Art National Getränk hi** was die Chilenen von den P**uan**n geklaut haben...da die P**uan** ab** mit d** Z**tifizi**ung zu langsam waren und in d** Zeit ein Chilene ein Patent auf das Getränk angemeldet hat ist es seid jeh** ein chilenisches Getränk...gibt natu**lich steit drum!!! Ki**en und ich waren ca eine Woche hi** und was soll ich sagen es war mehr od** we***** die ganze ...

... we went up the Valle del Río Claro, which was very, very pretty. We went further up the valley to a teeny town called Pisco Elqui for lunch in a restaurant. The entrance to the restaurant was interesting. There was a very nice piece of furniture, with a sewing machine on it, which could not have been its original purpose. There is no way that sewing machine would be any ...

... segundo dia hacemos 21 km (11 horas) hasta el glaciar Grey, situado al este del macizo, llegando muy cerquita y podemos ver, tocar y pisar el hielo que se desprende del glaciar. El dia siguiente nos cambiamos de refugio, al oeste, y asi podemos hacer nuestra ultima caminata tambien larga, al mirador de las Torres, una de las vistas mas espectaculares que hemos tenido en nuestro viaje. Llegamos a una altura de 900 m sobre el nivel del mar, pero las torres que quedan ...

... my friend Rodrigo called me and asked if I didn't wanna come over and see him and his friends who are in a rock band practise in his basement. Rodrigo plays the drums and they were practising for a concert. So we had some drinks, the guys were playing for a while and then we went to eat at around 22:00 and then we all went to this guy's house, which was more drunk than any drunk person I had ever seen - he fell asleep on his couch. Haha. I did meet him later on, though, in a much ...

... pottery and textiles with a few<br>mummies thrown in) We spent three days in Santiago, visiting another<br>museum (this one full of natural history, which we did understand even<br>if it was all in Spanish), and got a train to the top of "san<br>cristobal", which has a huge statue of Mary at the top. It was very<br>peaceful up there, which made for a nice break from the crazily busy<br>metro system.<br><br>With neither me or T speaking much spanish we heavily relied on<br>our ...