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I have arrived!

Published: February 24th 2013South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
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February 24th 2013

Well, I made it here safe and sound! I left Thursday morning and flew from Minneapolis to Dallas. In Dallas, I had a lovely (not) eight our layover until my plane left for Santiago at 930 at night. Well, it was supposed to be 930, but one of the cockpit assistants or flight attendants or something forgot his passport! So everyone on the plane was waiting for about 30-45 minutes after our scheduled departure for his wife to bring his passport. I remember thinking "now if I forgot my passport, the plane wouldn't wait for me." In the end it worked out fine for me though, and i made it through customs and immigration after the plane arrived friday morning ( and after paying a lovely (there is the sarcasm again) $160 reciprocity fee). So far, ... read more




I don't believe it!

Published: February 18th 2013South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
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Lizzie P
February 18th 2013

Believe me, I am sitting in the garden of a hostel in the downtown region of Santiago, drinking a beer beside the pool (can you picture this?) and the other side is a homemade cricket net in which the Chilean side are practising... Yes the sound of bat and ball has followed me here! The owner of the hostel is a cricket mad Ozzie who had space in his garden, what else would he put there! Lovely treat! The journey here was this year's white knuckle ride over the Andes on the Los Liberatores Pass. It has only just opened again after being destroyed by rain and hail last week. There is only one carriageway in existence, the diggers are working like mad to renew the second, so at the moment it seems to be a ... read more




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Wheres SooHoo
February 5th 2013

Hola de Chile!!! With a length of approximately 4,300 km that spans over half the continent, Chile is by far the longest country in the world. What would this place have besides access to a long west, coastline bordering the Pacific Ocean? Everything else of course; from the Andes Mountain range that snakes along the east side with copious amounts of active and non-active volcanoes, to dry deserts in the barren antiplano section in the north region, to river valleys and lakes that saturate the lands that make it lush and rich to support agriculture, wine and forests in the middle region to jagged, young mountains, glaciers and ice fields in the south region, Chile has the landscape to satiate any outdoor traveler's preference of choice. The only difficulty of course is gaining access to these ... read more




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Caro 1
February 4th 2013

hello my friends , this will be very short as was my stay in the Capital of Chile. less than 24 hours due to our wind battered plane disaster and a long wait in punta Aranos. Poor Al and Lucy didnt get a look in they missed it altogether. ! have to say the hotel was the best so far just fifteen rooms newly converted from an old colonial house and very beautiful it was too so sorry Lou ! I had a guided tour in the afternoon of my arrival and so much information was thrown my way that I remember very little now . I had had virtually no sleep for 36 hours and really could have laid out on one of those inviting sunlouges for the next few hours and had a kip! ... read more




Santiago and Valparaiso

Published: February 1st 2013South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
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Where the hell is JJ now
January 29th 2013

Sorry so far behind on the blogs. Santiago is a lot smaller than I thought it would be. Almost all the museums I wanted to see were closed but I fortunately found a lot of smaller museos and galleries. I went to visit the Virgen on the top of Cerro San Cristobal, I planned to take the funicular, but it was being repaired. I ended up climbing to the top with a nice Argentinian plant biologist. I visited a lot of Santiago mostly on foot. Its a very walkable/ bikable city. They even have bike crossing lights! About two hours by bus from Santiago is the city of Valparaiso. As soon as anyone found out I was from San Francisco, they told me to go to Valparaiso because it's so similar. I see what they were ... read more




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Sumeris
January 28th 2013

Dar prieš man atvažiuojant į Santiagą buvau, gavęs laišką iš vienos merginos vardu Camila kuri kažkada labai norėjo važiuoti pagal mainų programą į Latviją, bet taip ten ir nenuvyko. Pamačiusi, kad aš iš Lietuvos ir ieškau nakvynės Santiage, ji man parašė, kad norėtų su manim susitikti, tačiau nelabai negali pasiūlyti nakvynės, nes pas ją ir taip labai daug žmonių. Taigi šiandien ta diena kai susitinkam. Ateina ji su viena drauge iš brazilijos (Luana) kuri taip pat keliauju, bet dabar apsistojusi pas ją namuose. Linksmos merginos, mano bendraamžės, tad nesunkiai randam bendrą kalbą. Pirmą pusdienį praleidžiam vaikštinėdami po miestą su reikalais. O antroj dienos pusėj dar viena pažintis su Santiago. Jos stebisi, kad dauguma vietų man jau žinomos. Išalkę nueinam į centrinį turgų kur užsisakom po patiekal su jūros gėrybėm. Aš užsisa... read more




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Sumeris
January 28th 2013

Iš pačio ryto iškeliauju iš Christiano namų pas Camila. Šiandien su Camila ir Luana sutarę važiuoti į kalnus esančius šalia Santiago, o vakare turėčiau naktiniu autobusiu važiuoti į Mendozą. Iš namų išjudėjom ne taip ir anksti, gal tik apie 12 valandą, nes Camila iš ryto dar turėjo reikalų. Kelionė iki kalnų truko daugiau nei dvi valandas... kelionė metro, po to autobusu, bei paskutiniai 10 km taksi. Vakar buvo purvo nuošliauža, tad pagrindinis takas uždarytas. Nusprendžiam tiesiog pasivaikščioti po apylinkes. Laiko labai daug neturim, tad niekur labai toli nenueinam, sustojam papietauti, po to dar šiek tiek paėję nusileidžiam iki upelio išsimaudyt. Visai netoli matosi audros debesys, tad atrodo ir čia netrukus turėtų prakiurti dangus. Išsimaudę nutariam grįžti atgal, nes norim suspėti į autobusą, be to kelionė atgal netrumpa laukia. Lietu... read more




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Sumeris
January 25th 2013

Renginio pradžia apie 10 valandą, bet iš pradžių apdovanojami paskutines vietas užėmę motociklininkai. Pagrindiniai laimėtojai bus apdovanojami apie 12 val dienos, o Lietuvių ekipažas turėtų būti apdovanotas apie 3 val. dienos. Užtvertos pagrindinės gatvės, jomis per pusę miesto turi pravažiuoti visi dalyviai, kad nuo stovėjimo aikšelės galėtų netrugdomi atvažiuoti iki apdovanojimų pakylos. Eidamas palei užtvertas gatves už maždaug valandos pasiekiu stadioną prie kurio išrikiuoti visos dalyvių bei aptarnaujančio personalo transporto priemonės. Randu ir Lietuvių bagį, bet aplink žmonių nematyti, tad nutariu važiuoti atgal iki apdovanojimų pakyjos pažiūrėti dakaro nugalėtojų, o čia pasveikinti lietuvių ekipažą gryšiu prieš jiems iš čia išvažiuojant. Taig grįžtu prie pakylos, ten stebiu pirmas vietas užėmusių motociklininkų bei au... read more




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Sumeris
January 21st 2013

Kelionė iki Mendozos nesunki, miegu visą naktį, atsibundu apie 7 ryto. Tolumoje pradeda šmėžuoti kalnai, o arčiau už lango maži kaimeliai, bei didžiuliai vynuogynai. Prieš pat 9 atvažiuojam į Mendozą, turiu tik 10 min. persėsti į kitą autobusą. Spėju nesunkiai. Atsisėdu šalia australo kuris seka dakaro raly su keliais draugais. Papasakoja, kad net atsiskraidino čia motociklus su kuriais planavo važiuoti į dykumas stebėti ralio, bet motociklų nepraleido pro Bolivijos-Argentinos pasienį, tad tenka važiuoti autobusais. Pradedam važiuoti per kalnus. Andų kalai tikrai labai įspūdingi, sausi, bet labai aukšti. Važiuoti tokiu keliu tikras malonumas, tad labai greitai pasiekiame pasienį. O čia jau malonumas baigiasi.... visas procesas vyksta be galo lėtai, kelis kartus išlipam iš autobuso, po to visi po vieną nueinam gauti antspaudų, tada gal valandą lai... read more




hostel city center

Published: January 13th 2013South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago
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Rancherita
January 12th 2013

3am and I wake up to the screaming sounds of a woman in distress, running down the stairs -¨Someone Help me. Help me please. Help me, please, Someone¨. All screaming sounds were in Spanish. -¨Daniella, What is wrong? Listen to me. Stop it¨. A deep voice came out of the throat of a man. -¨Leave me alone, Help me someone..Help Help¨ This struggle went on for minutes. The wooden floors told a story of struggle, heavy footstepsa, the girl asked to be let go, the man yelled at the girl asking her why she was doing what she was doing. Her frantic screams got louder and louder. -¨look into his suitcase. He stole last night, he went into the dorm rooms and stole peoples things. Someone check his bags. Please help me, Tell him to give ... read more









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