The rest of my family's vacation was very relaxing. We came back from Pucón on Saturday and spent the rest of the day at Parque Arauco - my favorite Chilean guilty pleasure. Parque Arauco is hands down the nicest mall I've ever seen... and even has a decent amount of outdoor stores and restaurants. We debated seeing a movie, but there was really...

So I just wanted to write a quick note and let you all know that I now have a cellphone.  Because it's a prepaid phone, I can not make international calls, but I can receive calls and text messages for free.  So... if anyone wants to call or text and say hey, it should be pretty cheap for you with a phone card.  I would love ...

We have been back in Santiago for three days now and are nicely settled in, with Mitzi, to our 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment in Providencia, an eastern barrio of Santiago. This is a very nice area, with tree lined streets and sidewalk cafes seemingly filling every available space. The PR guys for Santiago do a very poor job of publicizing this cit...

6th January - Madrid to Santiago Talk about a journey from hell. We never normally complain about flights as we´re always so excited to be traveling again.  However, this journey merits a few moans. We arrived at Madrid airport where Aerolineas Argentinas nonchalantly informed us that our 10:30pm flight to Santiago via Buenos Aires wou...

There is no ducking away from it, we were both extremely hungover. I felt pretty rough, but it was immediately obvious that Katie was feeling much worse than I was. After looking after her for a little bit, I looked at my watch, it was only 9am. I didn´t fancy my chances of getting back to sleep, as it was very light in the room and also very wa...

Merry Christmas to all!  I'm still in Santiago and I've been very lazy for the last five days.  The hostal I'm staying at (Hostal de Sammy) has a pool table, ping pong table, xbox and a 60" tv with hundreds of movies and tv shows recorded.  There's a standard free breakfast daily consisting of cereal, fruit, juice, toast and jam a...

Siento escribir con unos dias de retraso pero e que hemos estado tan ocupadas yendo de un lado para el otro sin parar... en Santiago hemos coincidido con un amigo de la universidad con lo que nos ha estad ensenando los alrededores y nos llevo a algun garitos donde nos lo pasamos genial con gente cantando canciones de Silvio Rodriguez y Joaquin S...

Hi Guys Hope all is well in the UK and that you are all looking forward to a long bank holiday weekend. No doubt the British weather will deliver its usual reliable good bank holiday sunshine and high temperatures!! Since our last entry and tales of poor sandboarding efforts we have been having some much needed R & R in Chile! Well it is a tough...

Back writing again, Went to Perth with John - stayed a week too long and proceeded to leave Perth with John. Arrived Melbourne - stayed in the Urban Central Hostel - great spot - has its own bar etc - spent a few days moseying about the waterfront - the only exercise I was getting was swatting the fly´s that were buzzing all around me - never sa...

Chile Photos - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1162&l=41288&id=510168221 2 days stopover in Santiago Hi from Santiago. Just a quick one from Santiago before we head off to the airport for our flight to NZ. We have had a great night and day in Santiago. The hostel is lovely, we had a massive room with a huge bed and a private toilet...