Montecarlo Santiago

... tried to sneak into the stadium with some other Chileans. I got thrown out twice the second time I actually saw the stage but security caught us after a movie-like pursuit. I will remember this night forever as I have a scratch on my elbow that will scar from climbing the 20 foot walls that surround the stadium complex. It was an experience even if I didn't see any of the concert. So it is here that I have decided to cut my trip a little short and I have a flight this ...

... the day – wine tasting, go karting, hand gliding were all being thrown around. We eventually went back hostel to get the lads up and all so it was about 2 by time we all got sorted and ready, were we decided on 250cc go karts(i was sure they were 250cm long).

Also we started chating about our dorm, we were staying ina 8 person dorm with these other weird Spanish dudes in room. They would wake us up at like half 7 in morning spraying ridiculous amounts of de-oderant – ...

... it was hard to tell when she switched from Spanish to English at times At one place when we got of we were greeted by this woman pretending to be a journalist with some History programme. She then went through this acting bit where she explained we would be transported back in time blah bah....queue some actors in period clothing. Can't remember who he was but him and his woman who were conquering Peru and Chile did a bit of a play thing in Spanish and the woman ...

... allons ensuite dans un pub ou au fur et a mesure de la soiree les gens du groupe vont se dissiper et les au revoirs commencer. Je dois avouer avoir un peu un noeud a l'estomac.. Malgre mon besoin de retrouver un peu de temps rien que pour moi je dois avouer que ce groupe va me manquer. C'etait un groupe vraiment riche de personalites, d'ages et de cultures differentes, et la dynamique du groupe etait ...

... early (about 4am - ok for some!) and after a very bumpy, vibrating ride on unmade up road arrived about dawn. You have to be there early to see the geysers steaming, later on when the sun gets going you no longer see the steam. There was one geyser which erupted regularly every 5 or 6 minutes, otherwise everywhere there were little steaming vents, pools of boiling water etc. The ride back down the ...

... or Argentina would give me, but I knew it would come at the end of many vinos tasted and few smiles wasted. MOST BEAUTIFUL MOMENT: Bienvenida a Santiago! After finding sanity on the other side of a nap, we walked to Bellavista, the bohemian neighborhood of Pablo Neruda. On the way there, we were silenced by an unexpected show of lights and water at the Parque de Aviacion. Giddy from a lack of sleep, we joked about the unnecessary ...

... musician hippies took a liking to us and started shouting Obama not Osama and trying to get us to buy some of thier jewelry and take pictures with them. I caved and bought a pair of earings for a dollar 50. Next we went on a search for food and opted for a small restautrant where we eat ate for 3 dollars a person. I had chicken and rice. We then started walking to try and find bella vista and stores. We stumbled across a ...

... to another hostel which wasn't far away, but we wanted to save money by using public transport rather than getting ripped off in a taxi.

We tried to work out what their system was for buying tickets, and then tried out our remedial Spanish on the poor guy in the ticket ...