San Cristobal Towers By Luxury Collection Santiago

... 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.

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 ...

... we have been lucky enough to see some truly amazing sights and had many great experiences.

It hasn’t all been quite as expected though - with the exception of the huge and delicious steaks in Argentina, the food hasn’t been quite as good as we thought it might be. We were shocked to find that Latin America is love with the deep fat fryer – there are twice as many hamburger and hotdog cafes as there are at ...

... to get colder and more unpredictable and the scenery to get a lot more interesting. Along with the lakes there will be mountains, volcanos and glaciers to keep me occupied over the next couple of weeks. Bring it on! I have had some positive feedback to my enquiries about other conservation projects to work on. At the moment I am a bit torn between bear tracking in Equador or working as a resident naturalist for an Ecolodge and ...

... own mix. We had also found that the local supermarket had Chilean red wine for Ł1 per bottle; this was a good place to relax. The next day we overslept and found it was 6pm when we finally got into gear! It was suggested that a few of the residence go out to a dance party in a local run down building. Off we went and it was an interesting experience. There was an informal band with all kinds of instruments and a load of couples dancing away. We ...

... artistes mexicains tres interessants. Elle, semble tres perturbee. Santiago est une ville assez agreable pour une capitale : rues pietonnes, air frais... Les gens y sont plus chics qu'en Argentine ou disons plus classiques. Beaucoup d'hommes d'affaire en costume de lin avec panama. Dans les rues on trouve aussi des precheurs pour Jesus, voir meme des "crieurs de bible". On dine des sushis mmmmh.

... course, I realized that I had made a strategic error - upon arrival, we were given a choice of sitting near the reception, or around the corner near the window. Having chosen the window, we were out of view of the receptionist - dŽoh! No matter, my strategy was now going to involve 4-5 trips to the bathroom, which happened to be immediately adjacent to the reception area :) Upon returning from the first foray to the bathroom, I had ...

... seems to head to when the weather is nice!) Took the funicular upto the summit after some lads from the hostel had a spot of bother on the walk up. Its a pretty spectacular view from up there, on a good day (i.e. less smog) or at sunset even more so. Have also been out of Santiago on the obligatory wine tasting tour (at Cousin Macul ...

... she really enjoyed the views over the city and harbour.





We also had a totally different perspective of a bungy jump, this time seeing in from above rather than below! Fair play to them, I bet it's an amazing feeling leaping off.



We also saw a couple of very brave people walk around the ...