W Hotel Santiago

... some money out in the airport with no luck... Luckly the airport bus took credit cards. (phew) ... <br>Got to the Hostel I had picked out only to find they were full (still being listed on the magical internet as having rooms)... So off I tump with my backpack to another one - this one is less full thank god ... Go to get some money out to find still cannot with draw money --- ahhhhhhh <br><br ...

... factory all week on top of charging us rent because she is trying to buy the old milkbar off the owner. She also has a 12 yr old daughter, who she loves very much, but who cant live with us because a) she wants to rent that room to buy the house and b) because her daughter Florencia goes to school near the Andes (proper public schools are really far out) and Ale doesnt have a car to drive her to school, so she has to live with her dad during the week- its sad!<br><br>The local gym ...

... it would be a worth while break from the monotony of the ride. Another couple from our tour were also getting to Santiago for a flight and were taking the 50 hour bus straight through so at least we could bench mark how successful our decision was when we got there.<br><br>As it happens the bus was fantastic, I would even use the word 'luxury&#8217;. We had seats that reclined right back to semi-beds, a constant stream of movies playing, hot meals served on ...

... transfers later and 15 minutes walking and we came to this daggy old house with graffiti all over the walls, inside and out. There wasn´t a blank space on any of the walls, table tops and even the ceilings were covered in people´s messages. As cool as it was, we weren´t really sure why we needed to be more dressed up for this. Turns out Arturo was JOKING about the casual clothes. Haha! We ordered beer with orange Fanta ...

... national parks: Torres del Paine on April 6th. PS-Please feel free to send me your thoughts, comments, questions, suggestions etc via email at peyton@mail.com. Also remember that you can subscribe via Travelpod´s website to receive (only) an email notifying you of new blog posts. "All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it." ~Samuel Johnson

... getting his ever-so-precious Chilean resident RUT number. Wednesday, Michael had a free day and I headed to a full-day meeting. I learned a whole lot about characteristics and backgrounds of the student population that is taught at all of college's sites around the city. Of course, we didn't get any information on the other things that I have really wanted to know: what levels of students will we be teaching, what curriculum will we be ...

... sampling delicious seafood, lomo (beef) and innexpensive Chilean wine This weekend will be a busy one.. Saturday will be spent at the Beach (which is outside of Sabtiago).. and Sunday a group of us are organising a hike up to a glacier, which I`m really looking forward to. I`ve been told the vistas are inredible. Hope everyone in Ottawa (and elsewhere) is doing well.. Ciao.

... we never had a dull moment. Thank you Ben and Natalia!!!<br><br>Well it wasn't quite the end. The next morning we started the long and slightly sad trip back home. Six hours in a mini-bus up and over the mighty Andes again to Mendoza. Then 12 hours of a first class overnight bus to Buenos Aires (which thankfully allowed us a decent night's sleep!). There we had a great break for the day in Buenos Aires where we hung out and said goodbye ...

After an uncomfortable overnight bus journey from picturesque Pucon, we were hurled back into the reality of city life on our early morning arrival at Santiago. This was the biggest city we had seen for about two and a half months, so the endless view of modern highrises and multi-lane highways that greeted us came as a welcome change! Still tired from the journey we rested for a while at our hosel before eagerly heading out to explore the city in the ...

... behoord! Morgen dus vulkaan en overmorgen? Ten eerste Annemarth´s verjaardag vieren maar wat voor een activiteit er aan gepaard zal gaan moet dus nog bedacht worden.. Hierover dus later meer.. Hopelijk kunnen we later ook wat foto´s plaatsen.. Kus Annemarth en Lester Ps; Als jullie berichtjes willen posten dan kan dat... (Zouden we heel erg leuk vinden!!) Moet je alleen wel 'member' zijn van de site ...