Sheraton Santiago Hotel and Convention Center

... beer) we found the area that is good for food and drinks...the night clubs look and sound a little noisy for us oldies.....so will be sticking to the restaurants and bars.<br>So far the my grasp on the spanish language is pretty bad,well I can kinda understand a little bits of it.... but hopefully by the end I will be able to sspeak a little more...my problem is that I remember the ...

... to get us out! So we had to wait for more reinforcement and lots of Chilian men who then got a massive truck and US$500 later we got out and quickly left the campsite 11 hours later then planned! James our driver took us to a free camp place late into the night...we made camp dinner at a petrol station where JO and I took the quickest shower of our lives! Then pitched up at midnight ready for another early start then next day and off to San Pedro and the Andes!

... We have spent all day today trying to find somewhere to burn our photos to DVD and arrange to send a package home. It is days like this that we hate - even the very simple things seem to take forever. Didn´t manage to get this done and are both a bit worried about the number of pictures we are carrying around. Have managed to store most on my iPod. Hope we don´t get mugged. The internet here is really slow and it ...

... city, more liveable than a holiday destination in my opinion. So its ciao from me. Hope my blogs have been at least half as entertaining as Tills´. Tilly- thanks so much for an awesome summer- i cant imagine having done Peru or Bolivia (or NYE for that matter!) alone!! Long live mountain bike riding in the Peruvian Andes and being the only white people at Bolivian folk dancing concerts!! Hasta la próxima vez! / Until next time, Halyna xox

... fetching. This smug feeling soon faded when I realised just how long it would take for them to return to normal. This revelation was swiftly followed by the realisation that although I was consuming as much as I would normally I was spending my time in a state of stasis, slowly bloating on the bus. Not so good after all. But very cheap, the 30 hour bus journey cost me about £30 and would have been about £180 (I reckon) as a flight. So, 30 short ...

... we made out for the central market for some seafood. We dodged many aggressive restaurant workers trying to convince us to eat at their place, until we settled on one a little farther away from the ones located in the middle of the market, which are apparently just a little more touristy and pricier. As we were being seated, some old lady was telling us that the food was terrible and service disappointing, and that we should leave. Ok ...