Chile and Argentina: Photos 21 to 42

Hello everyone, we´ve now been in South America for over a month, so this is an update of our time in Chile and Argentina. So far we´ve had a brilliant time and have met loads of friendly travellers.

We arrived in Santiago and it was a gentle introduction to the new continent. It feels very european, both architecturally and culturally. Chile´s status as South Americas richest country was evident from the numerous shopping malls and parades in the city centre and there are lots of bars and cafes. We were thrown into the deep end with the new language, luckily Kim saved the day (big shout out to Miss Murphy) as Andrew only knew words that had been in Ricky Martin songs.

We enjoyed wandering around the city but we were badly jet-lagged. We had gone from 11 hours ahead of England to 4 hours behind, so we were a bit dazed for the first week or so. Despite this we managed to make it up to the top of San Cristóbal (via train) to get a smoggy view over the city.

We didn´t know what to expect from Chilean food but it soon became clear that their

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Yeah yeah South America sounds lovely and everything but was the live Tango band really anything compared to the Thai dancing show we bought off the lady on the Bangkok river boat? Hehe, glad to hear you're having such a wicked time - actually very jealous. Our month in England (for Karen & Adam's wedding) dwindled down through 3 weeks in South East Asia to maybe a couple of weels somewhere hot in Australia to wait for it....... one very wet cold week in Tasmania in July!!!!! It's very cheap and I'm sure we will make it fun. Somehow. New horse is absolutely lovely - going to be a little superstar. Just as weel as he's sending me rapidly bankrupt. Work's bloody hectic as usual. Dave's well - new job going great and he's starting another uni course in August. Not much other news - haven't spoken to any of the girls for ages. Gutted we won't be there for Karen's wedding :o( OK, looking forward to the next installment. Wish I was in South America. Lots of love Dee

Yeah yeah South America sounds lovely and everything but was the live Tango band really anything compared to the Thai dancing show we bought off the lady on the Bangkok river boat? Hehe, glad to hear you're having such a wicked time - actually very jealous. Our month in England (for Karen & Adam's wedding) dwindled down through 3 weeks in South East Asia to maybe a couple of weels somewhere hot in Australia to wait for it....... one very wet cold week in Tasmania in July!!!!! It's very cheap and I'm sure we will make it fun. Somehow. New horse is absolutely lovely - going to be a little superstar. Just as weel as he's sending me rapidly bankrupt. Work's bloody hectic as usual. Dave's well - new job going great and he's starting another uni course in August. Not much other news - haven't spoken to any of the girls for ages. Gutted we won't be there for Karen's wedding :o( OK, looking forward to the next installment. Wish I was in South America. Lots of love Dee