Blogs from Santiago, Santiago Region, Chile, South America - page 7

Jetzt bin ich schon 3 Wochen hier! Da ich das wichtigste der Stadt mittlerweile gesehen habe und tagsüber arbeite, komme ich nicht jeden Tag dazu, Fotos zu machen. In der letzten Zeit ist aber trotzdem einiges zusammen gekommen (verschiedene Museen, Pablo Neruda-Haus, Parks, Innenstadt...) und es wird mal wieder Zeit, dass ich ein paar neue Eindrücke mit euch teile. Viel Spaß!... read more

Geo: -33.4691, -70.642Its been a fantastic honeymoon. We've really enjoyed exploring South America. Today, wasnt exactly an amazing send off. It was probably one of the worst days of the trip as a stand alone day. We woke for our final morning in South America at 8.45am. What better way to wake than watching Arsenal live in a comfy bed? Wrong. A 3-3 draw with West Ham after leading by 2 was predictable yet painful. We then began the joyous task of packing our bags for a midday checkout. Our flight home via Auckland didnt depart Santiago until 12.50am tonight, so we tried to consider changes of clothes in our day luggage.The frustrating thing about today is between noon and midnight, we were basically homeless. We were able to leave our luggage at reception for later ... read more

Geo: -33.4691, -70.642I swear, a guy with a hammer has just been following me around South America. He managed to find me again at our airport hotel in Santiago, kicking off hammer time around 6am. We rolled out of bed at 9.30, just in time for our breakfast. After a simple feed, we returned to our room to kill time until checkout at 1pm. We booked a cab at reception to transfer us to our final hotel, Tinto Boutique Hotel in the Bellavista neighborhood in downtown Santiago.Half hour later we were checked into a very cozy and comfortable room, with a soft giant bed, large TV, air conditioner and jacuzzi, right by the pool. We wandered down the street to a place called White Rabbit for lunch around 2pm. Amazing food, beer and service; we shared ... read more

We departed Santiago at 01:05 which was only ten minutes behind schedule. The rest of Sunday was pretty much lost in transit due to crossing the International Date Line as we flew over the Pacific. Steps 437 (0.30km)... read more

We used Santiago as our hub while we were in Chile, dropping in and out of there several times as we explored the upper half of the country and Easter Island. We first landed there from Auckland, New Zealand, on 16.2.16. We had booked a loft apartment over the internet and had heard nothing in terms of confirmation, despite a follow-up e-mail, so we had some reservations about how successful that booking had been. We were, however, off-line for some time during our mammoth time shift, so we hoped that all would be well by the time we arrived, whenever that would be. The driver of our shuttle bus from the airport spoke no English at all and we gradually dropped off all the other occupants of the bus, leaving us the last men standing - ... read more