Radisson Santiago

... cafe on Providencia and went to sleep...the best nights sleep in a long time! The next day we took a trip 140km west of Santiago on the Pacific coast, to the neighboring towns of Vina del Mar (Vina) and Valparaiso (Valpo), they are like opposite ...

... vontade de assistir o Fantástico chileno. As vias rápidas, com quatro ou cinco pistas, nos conduziam ao centro de Santiago junto a um fluxo tipicamente paulistano. O GPS funcionava lindamente. O mapa até indicava onde havia postos de gasolina e ...

... to play on the free computers and to have a drink and a quick snack. Boarding was quick and easy. The flight from Quito to Santiago de Chile with a brief stopover in Guayaquil, was operated by LAN Ecuador. The flight was only half-full, so we had a seat ...

A relaxing afternoon in the ...

... or so. We jumped off the plane and toasted our first drink in South America at a little bar in the airport. In Santiago everything again was a breeze. We paid our $100 entry fee which apparently is only for a handfull of countries who charge Chileans ...

... valley is quite a bit warmer then the coast. We had a small stop in Casablanca (valley wine town) before we headed back into Santiago. Our flight leaves this eve so we have late check out and then a little more sightseeing. But most things close up on ...

Chile has excellent wine growing conditions as it is sheltered with the Andean mountains in the east and the Pacific coast on the west. This means that although there is intense heat in the middle of the day, there is also a cool breeze in the ...

... section.  I sent an email off to Nicki, my travel agent advising of my silly mistake.  I had to await her reply as Santiago Sunday morning meant Sydney Sunday night.  That was all we could do for now. Back to the hotel to pack and catch our ...

... my bag, watched some of Kim Karsashian´s wedding and then left for the airport around teatime. On the second day, I arrived at Santiago (Chile) in the morning. I was so tired that I had to keep walking around the airport to keep me awake as I waited for ...

... to spend Christmas in Mancora, so we hatched a plan to rent a house. Due to this we only had a week in Chile.  Santiago de Chile is a wonderful city, full of small art galleries, bars and an enormous number of universities, it is a really buzzy city ...

The flight from oz was long, long, very loonnggggg...On arriving at my first South American destination, Santiago Chile, mid morning and overly excited it seemed i'd completed a round trip to arrive back in townsville..dry, hot, brown and mountainous... ...

Drove from Santiago to Concon for 3 days at this beach. The hotel was magnificent...right on the bbeach withthe waves crashing against the ...

... a rabbi in a tough section of NYC) until we called it quits and retired.  Monica called last evening because her meeting at the Radisson was canceled and she asked if we could meet her at her office on España Blvd. at 3, but I said we couldn´t ...

... elsewhere.... there was mention of a youth hostel in town....I said I didn't think so - then they gave us directions to the Radisson further up the coast - further away from Vina del Mar - but at this point in time and after the traffic we encountered I ...

... and sunday not open at all.  So instead of looking around town we treated ourselves to a nice spa treatment in the Radisson hotel over looking the city.  That evening being saturday night we painted the town red and headed for the clubs!! ...

... Buenos Aires.  Pictures here.  It also felt like the first real true city I had been in since Santiago, Chile.  It's 1.3 million inhabitants (something like 17 times the size of Uruguay's second largest city), is similar to ...

... with Lorna and Lee as well which was excellent. They met us at our hostel and we went to a club before heading back to the Radisson where they were staying for more drinks and fun. It was a serious treat to be in such a plush room!! The following day was ...