Santiago Marriott

So, people wanted to see my travels. What I do for a living? Train a computer system called MARSHA for Marriott, worldwide. My job through a Suitcase! Here you go ...

... and start my journey! My Hotel: Disclaimer from the Semi-Backpacker I will come right out and say it. I'm staying at the Santiago Marriott for 2 nights and I love it! Now, if you are a backpacking purist, hear me out before you start writing me ...

... would now only take around 15 minutes (and, to be honest, I didn`t believe him). Alas, it was true! The Marriott is a modern highrise hotel, located next to Parque Arauco shopping mall. There are plenty of dining options there, various fastfood outlets ...

GREETINGS FROM SANTIAGO, After A 15 hour flight from Sydney Via Auckland we´re here. We´re staying at the marriott. Nice rooms. The flight was comfortable with 14 Channels of Video on demand. Check out the photos from near our Hotel. ...

... who their target demographic is supposed to be... So after the troubles leaving Peru...we enjoyed our visit to Santiago and hated to leave...but we packed up and headed to Buenos Aires for out next ...

... . :) We first hiked up this old fortress in the middle of the city. It was a lookout point. We could see everything. Santiago is completely surrounded by mountains but we couldn't see them all that well because there was quite a bit of smog that day. But ...

... in the Vitacura area.  Soul of India – North Indian cuisine in the Vitacura area.  There are only 2 indian restaurants in Santiago.  The chef is actually Indian!  If you don’t see it on the menu, ask and they might be able ...

... horse racing at Happy Valley in Hong Kong (due to some sort of through the eye of the needle problems) we head to the Santiago track Club Hipica. The racing is only half the spectical as the locals are very animated. We are by now really wishing that ...

... know that Santiago is the only place in the whole world other than Israel which has a Jewish Fire station. All firemen in Santiago are volunteers and years ago, the Jewish community apparently volunteered to set up their own fire station. We were given ...

... leaving a record hot humid summer behind. Unfortunately, it was only 6:15 in the morning and too early for check-in at the Marriott Santiago, which was good enough to hold our bags for us.  The concierge gave Malcolm advice on things to do, and then ...

... ve made progess this week as I've been going to the schools everyday, running by myself in the evening, and today I'm even in Santiago...SOLA...ahh, I didn't realize how much I valued my independence until coming here.  I will be living with my last ...

... the plane landed in Chile right on time! At the airport they checked my passport and then we caught a taxi cab to the Marriott hotel.  It is kind of confusing though because everything is in Spanish!  I should have watched more Dora the Explorer to ...

Hi, this is my first blog so, first Im Oscar from Mexico and Im going for a cruise with all my family from Santiago to BA, in a Celebrity Infinity ship. I will be more than glad if anyone can give me any comments about what can I do in Santiago, I will be ...

Arrival at Santiago airport, and we are all grateful to be here, though 12 hours late. The grueling part at the airport involves the reciprocity fee that you have to pay to get into the country.  For US citizens it is $140.  Everyone from this ...

... lost, except I´m ridiculously bad with directions! I didn´t mind being lost, because I was enjoying the walk through residential Santiago neighborhoods, the likes of which weren´t featured on my tourist maps!! 2 hours later it was starting to get dark, ...

Courtyard by Marriott, Santiago, Dominican Republic ...

Puerto Egas, San Salvador and Dragon Hill, Santa Cruz Today we are at James Bay to explore Puerto Egas on Santiago Island. We had another early morning since we opted for the long walk and snorkeling activity that started at 8 AM.  We had a wet ...

... card from our last visit (10% off) and got a further discount for purchasing the return at the same time. After staying at the Marriott twice and an apartment last year, we opted to stay at the Lancaster Othon this time. I had managed to get a rate of ...

We have been told that the seafood Chile could offer was strange and delicious. And we also did know that Chile is one of the main producers of wine. That is why we decided to visit that country for a few days and taste it. Our first visit was to a Wine ...