Hola again from santiago, It has occurred to me that i was a little harsh in my previous entry - this really is an OK city (barring the pollution), but i gues that I´m just not really comfortable in crowds... Also, i´m finding my big hotel a little impersonal, or maybe i´m just a bit lonely. Never fear though, for tomorrow i leave this place for...
After 5 hours from Sao Paulo, arrived at midnight in Santiago to wait for my flight north which wasn't until 7am. Nothing to do except drink wine and amuse myself by trying to talk Spanish again after months of Portuguese, with the man working in the bar...and take random photos.
Blog i ddilyn/=Blog to follow "Ahhh San Tiago...which in German means a Whale´s..." Dim amer cael gormod o fflipin hwyl! No time having too much friggin fun!
So with heavy hearts we spent our last few days in Mendoza, wine tasting and drowning our sorrows after Ireland's dismal performance in the world cup. It was quite strange to know that we were leaving the spanish speaking world. We left Eamonn in Bariloche, which was quite weird after two months of travelling with him. But sometimes you just hav...
Today´s Location In an effort to add unnecessary suspense to my travel blog, I ended yesterday´s entry with a cliff-hanger. Were you able to guess? If you are into poetry or have access to google, you may have recognized the verse I posted as being one of the many great ones penned by the most notable Chilean poet - Pablo Neruda. Today, I had th...
Today is my 40th anniversary!!!! That is, Chile is the 40th country I´ve graced with my presence. I realize it may seem a bit cliche to try and quantify in any way, shape or form, the pleasure I derive from traveling, but there is a story behind this number I´ve kept track of over the years. When I was 21 years-old, I was fortu...
Just a quick entry so that I get my first pin on my map! Even though I am not technically there yet, I have one week to go and I am stressed to pieces. Packing and unpacking the smallest rucksack in the world. Fact. Trying to learn all my Spanish verbs and conjugations (try that after a few riojas!!), buying last minute panic i...
Robbed within 3 hours... nice start. Started in Santiago. We wandered around the city and then decided to chill in a nice park. Within three hours of being there we were robbed by two burger-eating amazons. They pretended to have a gun, or something special in their pants for us. We voted gun. Left Santiago at a gallop as there was not too much ...
It is complicated to keep track of time here, Argentina has a one hour time difference with Chile, but today Chile's time goes forward by one hour on Sunday, which we were told about by another scientist at the meeting. A useful bit of information, in particular since our flight is that very same day.... We started the morning with a nice and va...
I went to the ski resort yesterday with Kim and we both snowboarded. It was so much fun. The weather was not so great, it was snowing, and at times so foggy that we could not see more than 100-200 feet. I feel so many times! By the last time down the slope I got a pretty good handle on it and was able to go fairly fast and finally managed to go ...
