Blogs from Santiago Region, Chile, South America - page 154

Today's our last day in South America! Before we get all teary-eyed we should talk about the great city of Santiago. We got here on Tuesday, having spent a lovely 6 hours on the bus re-watching the Matrix 2, Miss Congeniality 2 and half of the Aviator. We wandered round the city that evening and then booked ourselves into a Tango dancing lesson at the YMCA! Yep, that's right the Tango! The lesson was excellent. We didn't quite manage to get to the fiery passionate stuff you see in the movies, but we mastered the basic step which was 8 steps and pretty complicated. And then you do things like 2-1, 4-1, 5-3, 8-3. That's the lingo you see. Anyway I think we were pretty good for just one lesson, and he told us to keep ... read more

Arrived in Santiago yesterday monring. Sadly our bags did not and we still havent managed to track them down. Iberia suck. Called the helpline number continually but no one answers so we went to the airport today to see if we could find anyone, but it seems that the full staff of iberia go home at 3pm and as we got there at about quarter past there was no one to speak to. Hopefully we will have better luck tomorrow. The lack of luggage has sort of clouded our enjoyment of Santiago as well so far, we havent been able to do much sightseeing as we have no guidebook although yesterday we did get the metro to the Plaza des Armas which was alright, although we ate there and it was pretty expensive. The three distinguishing ... read more

The time has come now to move on and leave Latin America, leave behind the sweet language, the warm people, the rolling landscapes, the culture, the music, the many friends, the life... But not forever. Of this I am sure. Ten months of lucid memories I shall never forget. Ten months of noise and confusion. Ten months of ups, downs and travelling Euro-clowns. Ten months of vitality and jadedness. Ten months of breathtaking scenery and sprawling smog-laden cities. Ten months of plazas, the streets and latin beats. Ten months of drink, smoke, release and occasional detachment. Ten months of conversing with the same old questions from the same old faces. Ten months of enlightenment and song and admitting I was wrong. Ten months of backpacks, Gringos and staring out of rattling bus windows. Ten months of ... read more

The last few days, i have been taking it real easy, just going for coffee, lunches, and beers. btw, you can order a litre of beer in santiago for i think 1 or 2 aussie dollars? anyway this place is cheap, cheap! ciggs are like 3 bucks too. unbelivable place. i love chile, there{s not much to do in santiago but see museums, so thats what i did today- today I went into the city of Santiago with an Irish surfer, a french guy and a english girl, we started after a big breakfast from 11am to 8pm, thats 9 bloody hours! We travelled around the city all day by foot and saw pre columbian museums and atrtifacts and a really excentric house which was made by the guy based on the french film the postman ... read more

The flight was a grooling 16 hours sitting next to some unpleasant people, who happened to be on their honeymoon... but it was an easy flight, good food and I wasnt scared in the slightest. The best thing about the flight was looking out the window when we were approaching Chile. It was a magnificent sight, giant black mountains covered in ice, with even bigger mountains behind it. It was quite an awesome sight and one that really took my breath away, it made me remember why I was doing this trip in the first place. So as soon as I left the airport, hustlers started to approach me to offer me lifts, yeah right... I politely said no, and when they asked me again I pretended I was in some sort or foul mood and ... read more