Santiago - Nice city, great football: Photos 42 to 44

So, the big flight through the time zones, over ocean all the way, so no emergency landings if required. Quite a scary thought, but no enough to put me off!

Flew with LANchile, and it was superb. Big private widescreen tv with tons of films, joypad for all the games, thousands of songs, oh, and unlimited free lager & wine! I was sat near the back, so had excellent access to the booze cart! They happily served me plenty of beers, although i think they thought i was strange when asked if i would like orange juice or apple juice with my breakfast, i replied 'lager.' In my defence i was still on New Zealand time!

Didn't sleep a wink on the plane, watched 4 films, some tv, and played some games. So arriving after an 11 hour flight, 4 hours before you set off is a weird feeling! Still, i managed to negotiate a bus and tram to the hostel ok! Really nice place too.

Chile was never a place that intrested me that much, so i only planned to do a few days here, work out how to get around South America, and move on. Plus,

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