Novotel Vitacura Santiago

... were captive and there were maps all over the place telling me where they were. I walked past there enclosure about 5 times and didn´t see nothing, until I finally noticed a sign with a picture of a pinguino and some Castellano words presumably explaining why there weren´t any there. I think it said something about they´ve been sent somewhere to reproduce...<br><br>I don´t know if I just like Santiago so much because it´s nice and warm after a couple of ...

... had been scooped from dead skulls and quashed into a nice cube. Not surprisingly, lunch in the fish market did not quite hit the spot despite being serenaded by a string of dreadful musicians clearly under the impression that foreigners would throw sliver at their feet.<br><br>The Plaza de Armas is the main square, where the Cathedral and museums stand overlooking a mixture of people some hurrying about, some people watching, some selling their wares. Frankly, it ...

So I'll start at the beginning, Aggie picked me up from my exam (which was rubbish by the way) and took me straight to the airport, I got there really early but check in took forever! Went to security, I happened to be going through at the same time as a cheer leading team... needless to say I wanted to cut out my ears. Got to security where they took my deodorant, citing it a a dangerous weapon and made me fill out this stupid form, same on them I didn't sign it! Chilled in the ...

... a bit surreal. The airport workers at the front line all had em as well as a good few passengers. So - arrived at a first hostel and it was full but got directed to this place which is a very nice YHA hostel with free internet and bed and breakfast. Still havent worked out the money yet but think this is about 9,000 pesos, or 9 dollars a night or ...

... a slow climb but we made it... no tears... no arguments... she was a trooper and for her reward she got some water at the top :) From here we spent some time walking around admiring the view... alothough it was smoggy it was worth seeing the city from the air. After being Holy we caught a cab back down to the hostel and are about to go grab some lunch because I´m starving... So here you have the first blog of our trip after almost 5 months... I´f I sound a little distant its because ...

... out and use it as a base for other things. We went up the Santa Lucia Hill, a rambling park on several levels that looks out across the city. It was too smoggy to get clear pictures of the Andes in the background so you have to trust me when I say they are amazing. You can spot government buildings easily, they are surrounded by police and have at least a dozen flags outside them...incase your not sure what your looking at .Met some ...

... de passer mes nuits dans les bus. En revanche ici à Santiago c'est la galère. La ville est chouette, mais tout est super cher, et je n'ai un logement que pour cette nuit. On va voir ce que ça va donner... Maintenant, dodo! ---------- Here am I, after riding a bus for 22h30 (less than the announced 24h!) I reached Santiago du Chile. I treated myself with a "Cama Premium" ride, which means that my seat ...

I continued my phase of moving between large cities by entering Santiago, Chile's very modern capital. The smog rising from its buildings and streets could be seen from some way off but around the centre it seemed fairly clean. As big cities go, it was quite nice really with plenty of big squares and wide pedestrianised streets. Again, there was little that was typically Chilean about it with shopping malls ...

... Chile and to be honest it was pretty awful. <br><br>First my seat was permanently reclined (knackered), then we were moved to the middle of the central seating block which is never nice. <br><br>The films were diabolical (Ratatouille was the only one I could finish!), as were the tv shows and the uber-basic computer games.<br ...