After the Galapagos I spent almost a week at the blue house hostel, in quito - nice place walked up the hill/mountain at the top of the clable car in quito, climbed from 4100m to 4800m, hard work breathing/walking/talking at the same time, but was good fun I flew down to chile, it took over 22 hours lots of layovers and stops Went into Guayqull for a few hours on the ecudorian coast, very tropical. Then through lima then Iquque in chile then fianally to santioago at 9am Staying at the casa roca hostel, it got a pool and is pretty [View Full Entry]

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Four days off in Santiago were largely spent resting. However we did take the opportunity to go to Cocha Y Torro, one of the largest vineyards in Chile. They produce Castillero Del Diablo, which is prevalent throughout Central and South America as well as Tesco's etc in the UK. The tour was interesting and then we settled down for our tasting, with cheese and four different wines. Educational for a heathen like me. The sommelier's has helped me establish that I don't like wine with tannins but a Merlot is not too bad. Collected the bike from WBM (Not a typo [View Full Entry]

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The journey over the Andes from Mendoza to Santiago is spectacular, if it's not cloudy, but the day we picked was snowy, rainy and very cloudy so we didn't get to see Aconcagua :-( When we got to Santiago the Chilean public sector workers were on paro, so the museums and some of the other places we've wanted to go have been closed - putain de merde. With a limited number of things to do we spent the first day wandering around Santiago which is a nice city, nothing really special but pleasant enough. One of the highlight places is the [View Full Entry]

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Once again I found myself on a sleepless overnight bus journey. This time it was an 11 hour trip from Pucon to Santiago. The bus arrived at around 7.30am and by the time I had found myself to the metro it was rush hour. The rush hour here made the Jubilee line morning rush look empty. Every train that came in was so full absolutely no one could get on. After sitting on the platform for an hour I finally managed to barge my way on, much to the horror of the short local people. I think my backpack caught quite [View Full Entry]

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Woah, left this WAY too long this time! Will have to give an abridged version of what we´ve been up to. The five days we had left over in Bariloche were great. Being back at Hostel 41 Below was great. So relaxed there and as before, Veronica and Hernan were great to hang out with. Did an awesome walk near El Bolson. Headed back to BA and stayed in San Telmo this time. On a recommendation stayed in Hostel Pax. Beds pretty average, but had a nice bar down in the basement and the people were pretty decent (though perhaps a [View Full Entry]

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Matkan viimeiset päivät Santiago ja Valparaiso Niinhän siinä käy, että kaikki hauska loppuu aikanaan, niin myös meidän Etelä-Amerikan tourneemme. Viimeisiä hetkiä tässä vietetään ja onkin aika myös lopetella tämän blogin kirjoittelua. Olemme nyt olleet kumpikin Santiagossa viime sunnuntai-illasta lähtien ja aika on kulunut kaupunkiin tutustumalla sekä ympäristön nähtävyyksiä kiertelemällä. Sunnuntaina illalla kävimme tapaamassa Tintin paikallisia ystäviä illallisella heidän kotonaan. Virallinen ohjelma alkoi maanantaina kun teimme ihan perinteisen kaupunkikierroksen Santiagon k [View Full Entry]

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Hey guys! I´ve been spending more time in Santiago lately and figured I would post some pictures of random stuff that I´ve been doing around here. I´ve been getting cultured, and yes, I feel very worldly. Went to some cool photo exhibits, the best jazz show of my life, nights out on the town, etc. It´s been fun. Come visit me :) [View Full Entry]

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Chile: Santiago We arrive in Santiago Chile, after a 13 hour flight from Auckland, and as it’s been an overnight flight it doesn’t feel too bad although the jet lag kicks in later. We fly with LAN Chile & find the service & entertainment a bit poor given the length of the flight. The airport is pretty impressive and seems to be quite modern. We then catch an airport cab (standard fare 5,400 Pesos each) to get us into the centre of the city where our hostel is. Our first impression from the airport is that Santiago is like a mix [View Full Entry]

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I finally packed my bags and got to bed. I got up early to shower and eat breakfast. We had to be to the airport by 7:30 a.m. Jorge drove Jess A and I to the airport. I didn´t feel so bad about taking my big suitcase because I wasn´t the only one. My bag did weigh 19kg though, which is kind of heavy! I decided since I was bringing a big bag, I might as well take whatever I wanted to! I sat by Hayley and an aisle on the plane. We had an emergency exit seat again which was [View Full Entry]

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Ocober 22, 12:30pm Santago, Chile I am tired beyond anything that I have ever been and I´m yet to begin the final leg of the journey to Lima, Peru - the starting point of my adventure! But before I venture further, I must go bak to the beginning of this much hyped and highly anticipated trip.... The feeling that I´m actually doing this ebbs and flows and it wasn´t until I peered out the window on the plane and gazed upon the sunlight sparkling on the water below that it dawned on me - I was on my way to Peru! [View Full Entry]

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