http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Andrex/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Andrex en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:41:58 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:41:58 +0000 Alright everyone heres teh bolivia blog.Entered this country about a week ago crossing from peru on the 1970s throwback bus with brown upholstery and a certain whiff that matched. woken in the early hours those travelling to copacabana were unloaded into a smaller minibus where we would be joined on route by a selection of bolivians making there way to the homeland. between the backpackers b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/blog-434561.html NOTE LOCATION. CHILE HAS BEEN EXITED. 4 AND A HALF MONTHS. done.were i draw some sort of flashy excel chart then it woudl show a quirky purple lines gradient gradually steapening as chilean life takes on. Superb final two months complete with un poco espaol a little bit of jessica by my side and muchos aventuras.Post the week long winter adventure it was decided chilling out at near by beaches http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Valparaiso/blog-431421.html so went to the hairdressers. this was my second outing to the peluquira. the internet was broken so unable to print picture of required strimming. couldnt be bothered to look up correct words in dictionary. the woman doing my hair turned out to be ...the cousin of one of the kids at the nursery Alberto looks like a hamster whos had a labotamy asked him where his brain was the other day. KAR http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-428507.html So pretty standard really about 3 weeks behind as always and had all the best intentions.it was adios arica. wednesday morning while we attempted to once more digest feo banana for breakfast it was decided enough was enough. we may be saving money but we were not smiling and the sun did not need a hat but more a stick to beat its way through the ever pressing clouds. we packed up the windbreak http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Arica-and-Parinacota/blog-423611.html Party on a PrayerMy epileptic horse dance moves arenrsquot really impressing here not sure they really did in England but then everyone was so smashed gazeaboed mullered bogrolled you know Michael McKintyre to notice. O yeah we just hit a month with absolutely no alcohol. Final taster of the devils urine was a pint in Atlanta airports TGI Fridays. Was so weird kept on asking peop http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Valparaiso/blog-423433.html We had taken the decision that hostels were far too expensive CHile is by no means a backpackres haven and Sunny dayshostel may have given us cake on arrival but it was not within budget. Good old lonely planet had told us there was a campsite near by so we set off to find it deciding a collectivo was better as no one seemed ot have heard of it. polystyrene body boards in tow we clambered in. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Arica-and-Parinacota/Arica/blog-421252.html Right so have returned from the winter vacation one week earlier than had intended .Hopes of Mendoza in persuit of some of the worlds finest wines were postponed in a desperate need for sunshine summer holidays and a bit of body boarding. Surfing maybe what the cool kids do but body boarding has definately got status here. Boards retail at a muy carro price and many have upgraded to ones with a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Arica-and-Parinacota/Arica/blog-420120.html Day 84Well here we go. Bien trabajo andrea 3 months and you have managed to sep the blog up to week 2. Was thinking perhaps a brief round up before advance on further travels.As it stands have fortuneaty not been done for molestation despite sending a child home with a blue willy because I forgot to wash his hands before pipiOn the subject I have been weed on only once manser has already comme http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-416983.html THese are all SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO out of date wll be leaving here in 2 weeks so will condense most adventures to a nice brief message soon. muy feliz HAPPY now. keep me posted on yoru lives. love to all. xx xxSo after watching some good old fashion hammer horror with hillbillies going through a blender and satanic lorry drivers after the circus see other blog feeling much happier http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-412664.html In the beginning NOTE MUCH HAS CHANGED Right so after some consultation with Inglaterra it seems that have not explained any of the first few weeks. Thus step into your time machine stand aside Michael J Fox because we are about to go right back to week 1 2 and work forth from there. Lets just pretend just left the country and the past few weeks of English sun have only just begunArrival http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-410368.html SoThought would write something in the moment as it were from my corazon. Its quite a big day here mamma uno is back from her month in england and things are very different. Mamma dos was called to the big smoke of santiago to care for her daughter and the other englsih teacher has permanently left. Realise those who i am not in otehr communication with will have no idea what i chat of no i http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-410362.html Just for japes started in pompy and completed in chile xRubarni the Bonking Baker of JamaicaSound Advice 2If you have a sweet toothThan please head this warning.Brush your teeth twice daily.In the night and the morning.Sticky puddings cakes and current bunsNone have a place in the Jamaican Sun.Yet one baker found fame a now whispered nameA cheery chuckling fellow with a love of chocol http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-403438.html So just as I was wondering what it was that made my new Chilean bretheren so kind and tolerant of the Spanish speaking caveman now inhabiting their house an explanation arose. The Duran family of England had been gone for all of 5 hours and suddenly I found myself underfire. The elders were around the table tucking into pan and the pregunta was raised what is your religion I played dopey th http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-403447.html El Circo 1st Friday NightWas beyond feliz when Miss Sole another teacher at the jardin asked if I would like to accompany her to the most famous circus in Chile on my first Friday night. Of everything it is the weekends that worry me the most as am utterly larifyed and sin amigos in this new country. Miss Sole speaks fairy good English having studied in dear blighty for a couple of months. W http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-403433.html Hola one and all thank you most kindly for your messages of appreciation I will dribble no more but suffice is to say that the next few entries will involve the people of chile all of whom are real Ok so trying to work out where to begin with this blog. Been here quite a while now and there is rather a lot to fit in weddings fiestas vololos etc. going to try and reduce it down by boiling for http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-403431.html The London International Academy is a nursery for 35 year olds and was founded in 2009 by Clare and Claudio Duran. Its mission as proudly proclaimed in the schools anthem is to build bridges for the future. Claudio Duran is a native of Chile and 1 of 9 children on 15th April 1980something he married Clare Duran the English mormon missionary he had fallen in love with and they departed o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/Vina-del-Mar/blog-403427.html For those who may care here is a brief update as to what has been going down in the last 4 weeks Yes one month has passed since I entered Chile. I have decided after much consideration to not give you direct quotes from my diary as this correspondence would read thus.April 24thThings i have to do learn spanish necissito. Sleep when. Read Harry Potter mucho. Plan Lesson bugger Poo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Valparaiso-Region/blog-399017.html