Top Apart Hotel Santiago

... room, with relaxed travellers all taking it very easy wathcing Flight of the Concords on the box as we arrived. Home sweet home away from home.<br><br>We both hadn´t heard much in the way of positive reviews about Santiago so were pleasantly suprised to like it. It sits in the foothills of the Andes so you get great panoramic views all around. The traffic isn´t too crazy, the cafes lively and welcoming, and the local markets have interesting local handicrafts to browse. <br><br> We ...

Okay, I'm ready to leave Santiago. I walked a lot today. I had to walk to find the bus stop to visit this church I was invited to, then I had to walked all the way back to the metro from church since I didn't have enough money on my transit card. The church, Nunoa Baptist, was small and cozy, and the people friendly, but I was eager to get out and see more of the city since it's my last day.<br><br>A lot of ...

Alright, so I'm in chille in the airport having a difficult time trying to communicate anything. I just ordered an iced earl grey tea by mistake. We are here in chille for about two hours waiting for our connecting flight. Flight was good as! I watched grand tarino, watchmen (which was so awesome ...

I arrived in Santiago de Chile by 4:00 a.m and I waited in the Airport aproximately 4 hours before taking the LAN flight 930 wich leaves at 9:00 a.m; I had many years withou crossing the "Andes" Mountain range, this time the flights was smoth, eventhough we had a delay at departure due some fog in the Mendoza area,bue the flight was calm and a sunny day receive us in Mendoza. Always it´s incredible to see the Andes form the plain...."Magnificent".

... better than plastic ones! I certainly got value for money and was feeling much warmer after that stop. Then we headed off to find "El Hureto", a vego restaurant recommended by my teacher. After a bit of backtracking we eventually got there and were very happy with what we found. Mostly it was the food that impressed me. I am not sure, but I think the burrito might ...

... Bolivia and Buenos Aires, Argentina. I know how easy it is to get "stuck" in these big cities so I will stay just tonight and head out tomorrow! This means that I had A LOT to see in one day. I left my hostel around 7am and was on the go until 6pm. I am pretty tired now and am looking forward to a good sleep tonight before getting on yet ANOTHER bus! This city is huge and I realize ...

... and beautiful buildings, and I started making mental notes. Arrival to my hostel, in Providencia. It's a really great place, with a chilled-out vibe and a terrace and lounge to hang out. I met up with Chris almost right away, and a short while later, Julie woke up from her nap. The backpacker community is truly wonderful; as soon as they heard I lost my luggage, they offered to help. It was a hot, summery day, well over 30 degrees, and ...

Santiago is nice, nice in a ¨I like you, but I think we should be just friends¨ kind of way. Pleasant, colonial buildings, shady tree lined streets, people walking around shopping or doing business, coffee shops with strippers.. ah.. but there´s something just not quite right about it, just like the latter. Well I arrived in Santiago early, early Sunday morning, got a bus (for free, had no card - wow!) to Barrio Brazil, went to two hostels that were both booked out with drunk Irish ...

... me through and no English spoken by anyone on the bus. Needless to say things did not go entirely smoothly but thanks to an extremely patient bus conductor (and bus load of locals) I finally made it into Tacna in one piece, and with my luggage, which the officials at the border had taken quite a fancy to. Now all I had to do was get up to Cuzco where I would base myself for a few days and go see Macchu Picchu. I could feel another bus trip coming on. xxxx

... Diego and Frida, a pair of Mexican artists. I didn´t find Frida´s art all that interesting, except for a few pieces that displayed some Surrealist elements, and found Diego´s works much more enjoyable. There was also an exhibit on a furniture designer named Starck - the whole thing seemed like one big Ikea display! I did some more walking and shopped for a cell phone - I figured that a cheap, essentially disposable cell phone, would be good to ...