Neruda Express Hotel Santiago

[Leon writes]

On our last day before our 24 hour ride to Santiago, we had a number of things to take care of so we spent a relaxing day in the quiet hostel court-yard taking advantage of the internet and taking turns either using the computer to book accommodation, etc. or reading in the hammock. There was a tall, testosterone loaded, broad-shouldered woman working at the hostel who didn't seem to like us hanging around and using her precious kitchen (we ...

... hotdogged up in the garage & grabbed a taxi to the Go Karting.Was hilarious getting suited up with all the gear & we went with the 4 qualifying laps & two 10 lap races!

Fitzy won the qualifying laps with the fastest time, I was 2nd then Jack, Horse & Francesca.Hanna stayed with our stuff as she was so hungover that she couldn’t speak.She was up drinking til about 8.30am.

Kicked off the race and Jack & Fitzy Took the lead into the 1st turn, I ...

... peru I think, it was all very confusing. Once that was over and people had taken pics with the actors it was back on the coach and off to sample a pisco sour. Pisco is the traditional Chile drink but the amount we got in a small paper cup was barely worth writing hoe about. Needless to say I didn't write home lol. She tested us when we got there to see if we could remember the drink and whoever did got an extra one. Well I already had that down as when she ...

... ville mais je me sens vraiment mieux au milieu des montagnes ou deserts...... Et ca y est, nous sommes dimanche soir... je prends le taxi pour l'aeroport.. le chauffeur insiste a faire la conversation meme si je ne comprends pas un mot de ce qu'il dit (l'espagnol du Chilie est vraiment different... au Perou ou en Bolivie je commencais a bien comprendre mais la pas grand chose!!...).. et j'arrive a l'aeroport ...

... a restaurant known for its seafood. And seafood we saw - camarones al ajillo (shrimp cooked in a garlic butter) and el pulpo con patatas (octupus with potatoes). Pulpo can be irrestibly firm and flavorful or unpleasantly slippery and insipid. This pulpo clearly took his last sip of sea water only 24 hours earlier and the chef clearly possessed a prowess for the preparation of our 8-limbed sea friends; simply prepared with a ...

... were starting to look seriously worse for wear and in some cases, virtually indecent. The rest of the time was spent sitting in various cafes at various times of the day watching the world go by. I finally started to feel that it was Christmas time when I was able to listen to an open air concert that ended with a whole bunch of Christmas songs. It was a bit surreal listening to the songs in English when everyone around me was speaking Spanish.

... here because of the coldness of the water, but I think I want to do it even more now. Anyways, its nothing like the coffee back home... The good thing is that I have decided to create a travel blog, which I never would have done before....I dont think I will sleep until the plane tomorrow to La Serena to meet my sister...but who cares anyways I dont think time matters when you are on vacatoin. I hope someone enjoys this.

... out the notes. D'oh!

The conversion here is roughly 1 GBP = 1,000 Pesos = US$ 2, which should be easy enough.

We got a few puzzled looks on the metro train but barely had time to get uncomfortable before we got off.

We found our next hostel with no ...