http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Chile , Santiago Region , Santiago en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:33:12 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:33:12 UTC Noch 2 Wochen bleiben mir auf der Gabriela Mistral bis dann mein Semester endgltig zu Ende ist. Prfung Liderazgo y Negociacion am Donnerstag Finanzas III am Freitag meine Abschiedsparty am Samstag und 2 weitere Prfungen am Dienstag Mercado de Capitalesund Donnerstag ...den krnenden Abschluss macht Economia Chilena....Und bei all dem Lernstress gekoppelt mit Genieen der letzten Zeit hi http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-350769.html We have had a more restful time in Chile and it is a beautiful country. We flew from the desert to the Lakes District a lovely flight and from the plane you could see the spine of the Andes with volcanos peaking through the clouds all the way down to Patagonia. We landed in Puerto Varas a picture postcard town which reminded me of Cabot Cove in the Murder She Wrote series. I kept expecting Ange http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-350305.html After getting of the overnight bus from Ica we were back in familiar territory Arequipa. We stayed one night and treated ourselves to a nice meal in an Itallian restaurant which had a blind accordianist as the entertainment. We tried to thank him several times as we left but because he was blind he thought we were talking to someone else so he ignored us.We got a bus to Tacna which is the border http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-350209.html Moji drazi hostitele me vzali na tour del Mercado Vega tedy obri trznice kde obyvatele hl. mesta nakupuji svoji zeleninu ovoce a vubec vsechno mozne. Chile svoji genialni polohou nabizi prakticky po cely rok vsechny mozne druhy ovoce i zeleniny. Koupite tu prakticky vse olivami pocinaje a banany konce. Nabizi se bezpocet druhu syru ryb vsech moznych druhu masa proste vse co si jen muzete p http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-350111.html Sobotni program byl ve znameni shaneni kempingoveho vybaveni. Sehnat propanbutanovou bombu bylo v tento den v Santiagu docela umeni. Z jednoho konce mesta vas posilaji na druhy nakonec po 5 nachozenych kilometrech v ramci poznavani mesta kupuji v nakupnim centru. Kde jsou vsichni obyvatele Santiaga v sobotu odpoledne...No prece v nakupnim centru... Ne neni jich az tak moc v porovnani s ti http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-350100.html DIE ERSTEN PCKCHEN SIND DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....And I like it I like it I like it I like it I li i i i i ke it li i i i i k e it.....Wollt nur sagen DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKE Ihr seids die beeesten hab mi sooo gfreutAlso hiermit BUUUUUSSIS an die beste Verwandtschaft die man habn kann..und anbei noch ein paar Fotos von Santiago und sooo... ROCK OOON... http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-349798.html Ale zpatky k tem jahodam...Kolem 7 hodiny se spolecne s dalsimi letistnimi noclezniky probouzim se zkoprnelou rukou zavesenou do popruhu batohu proti ukradeni a hura na autobus do centra. Autobus ma prihodne jmeno Bus Centropuerto. Stoji o malinko vice nez bezna mestska doprava ale je velice pohodlny a ma misto na vetsi zavazadla. Je sedive rano a proto neni moc videt okolni hory vzhled ulic ovs http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-349479.html Ahoj z Chilesrdecny pozdrav vsem na severni polokouli kde zuri zima Tady pratele zuri leto a to tak ze teplota se pohybuje nad 25 stupni Celsia a svetlo je od 7 rano do 21hodin vecer. Uaaaa je to prijemne. Mimo to vsechno se zda ze zrovna probiha sezona jahod a tresni. Na ulici koupite 2 kila jahod za cca 30 na nase s tresnemi je to to same. Takze me dnesni odpoledne se neslo ve znameni p http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-349465.html Despite booking our tickets in July LAN airlines were unable to find Lou and I a seat together on the 6 hour overnight flight from Quito to Santiago. Which we were not very please about. LAN seem to see One World travelers as 2nd class flighers we have been placed towards the back of the plane and seperate on both our LAN flights. We organised a taxi to meet us from the airport and take us to the http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-349392.html Hola I am sitting in a hotel lobby in Santiago right now I left my house at 7am on Tueday morning and it is still tuesday 26 hours later Long journey to get here via auckland but am here and in one piece. I checked myself into a decent hotel for the first night Hotel Orly as tomorrow I will fly to Rio and stay in hostels. They got my booking wrong so have sent me to a hotel across the road http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-349054.html hey allwell its my last day and I am leaving the hostel for the airport in two hours quite tiredon friday we went out for the last supper official to a lovely grill place. Tamara and I shared a huge bowl of meat cooked to perfection. We had quite a few laughs there and then went on to a street in our guidebooks which was full of clubs and pubs. We started in a Lousiana styled pub with kare http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-347782.html Santiago is fantastic. There are huge supermarkets where you can buy pretty much anything you could want fruit meat brown bread and cold milk very good public transportation the drivers are super polite and let pedestrians go ahead of them and because we are at a lower elevation it is possible to go for a run and go to the gym It is def a place we could live if we were ever going to liv http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-347571.html After uncertainty and definitely anxiety of a strike threat involving Chilean immigration and customs staff the day came when I would get the bus back to Santiago for my flight home the following day. I was very concerned because if the strike happened the consequences I would face would obviously seriously affect my plans returning home such as missing my flight. The threat did not help my is http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-347511.html ldquoUma argentina um chileno e agora um brasileirordquo dizia uma mulher que aguardava a fila da imigrao do lado de fora de seu carro ao ver a placa do meu talvez tentando fortalecer os laos diplomticos entre os trs pases. Dei um sorriso acendi um cigarro e fingi estar procurando algo dentro do carro. No estava com vontade de falar com ela. Um guarda me pediu alguns documentos q http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-347266.html hey allhave finally arrived in Santiago capital of Chile. Not much to recount of the way downWe spent three days and nights in San Pedro de Atacama and didnt get up to much at all Was enjoying having nothing to do for awhile and caught up in my journal. We went out two of the nights and spent a lot of time cooking On the last day there we went to the Moon Valley for a visit which apparent http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-346980.html It feels good to be back in the 21st century. In Chile you can drink the water you dont have to worry about food poisoning people use their blinkers when changing lanes cars stop for pedestrians restaurants take credit cards and dont add 5 surcharges waiters dont act like you arent there hot water is a given WiFi is common and the internet works On the 24 hour bus ride from San P http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-344837.html Arriving in Santiago we were pleasantly suprised to find a clean sunny city with numerous restaurants parks and markets. Over the past week we have decided that everyone has their own individual opinions of different places and from now on have agreed not to judge a place until we have bee there ourselves we are a little slow on the uptake.The city is very modern and has a very European feel http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-343786.html Day 1 Monday Walking down the streets of Santiago I was immediately embraced with South American charm. My new friend Jorge was kind enough to take me on a five and a half hour walking tour starting at 10 and making our way til 330 wth lunch and a stop for icecream inbetween. We started out in the BellaVista Barrio. Jorge showed me where he grew up and then we walked down the central park w http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-343776.html Thursday was a day of travelling. When I say a day I mean a day and a half as we went from 11hrs ahead to 3hrs behind. Needless to say we didnt sleep well that night and ended up watching rubbish on the TV most of the night cos we couldnt sleepOn Friday we went for a wander around the city starting at the Plaza de Armes treking up Cerro Santa Lucia where we witnessed some riot with water cann http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-343424.html Hey everyone its been a week since I last blogged so what has happened you asked....I think I had my first scam some dude in the street asked me for money because pinochet had done something to the education system it was my understanding that pinochet had been disposed off but you know guys in streets can be pretty persuasive..but seeing as I lost only like a dollar I would like to think of it http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-343417.html I have made it to Chile safely. After 26 hours of travel I am exhausted. On my first leg of the journey I sat across from a man Jorge who has been in the states for 25 years but is going to be in Chile for three weeks visiting family in friends. It is a small world. He grew up two blocks away from the hostel I am staying at. He has offered to help me get better aquainted with the area. Tomorro http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-343413.html Well so much for the train It wouldn't take us where we wanted to go so we get to take the bus tonight at 2330 for just shy of 12 hours...but we are going to a beautiful region with lots of mountains lakes and no smog Oktoberfest was fantastically fun and today we went shopping to a small town full of potery Antony wasn't happy about me making purchases as it won't be easy to get them hom http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-343409.html Nachdem ich erfahren hatte dass mein kleines Haustierchen nachtaktiv ist war mein Plan fr's Wochenende klar und meiner Meinung aucheindeutig besser als die empfohlene Alternative Spray sprhen denn wer will schon ein giftiges Spinnchen nochmal aufscheuchen nachdem man schonmal sein Haus und vllt.auch seine Kinder...wer wei.. zerstrt hat..Viel kluger empfand ich den Plan jeden Tag ers http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-343402.html We arrived in Auckland airport 6 hours early after giving back the motorhome as the process went very smoothly and quickly. We killed time as you do in airports and headed for the check in desk when it finally opened 30 mins late to be told there was a delay and come back in an hour. Softening the blow with some food vouchers. This made us suspicious that something was not right. On return t http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-342992.html I'm sorry that we've been here a few days and there's been no entries to date Damon has been keeping us busy and when we aren't sight seeing we've been sleeping After 30 hours of travel we finally landed in Santiago. 1000 for a standby ticket left a bad taste in our mouth leaving Miami but our seats were comfy loads of movies and tv to choose from not to mention two meals served on boa http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-342729.html There is a KFC around one corner and McDonalds around the other. In the park 4 year olds are regularly seen chugging two liters of CocaCola. Black Iron Maiden tshirts are ubiquitous. There is Budweiser and Doritos in the supermarket. Moreover the dominant economic philosophy of the country was imported wholesale from the University of Chicagorsquos School of Economics and Milton Freedman http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-342710.html So we've made it to the capital after some long and arduous boat and bus rides through the lower half of the country which I daresay is way too long. The last entry featured us exclusively on the big island of Chilo where we spent some pleasant days looking at a variety of wooden churches throughout the island sampling a wide range of empanadas sandwiches and papas fritas and wondering when http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-342696.html Frisch eingezogen in die neue Wochnung nach 3 Nchten mit zusammengezhlten 4h Schlaf auf der weichesten Matratze auf der ich je geschlafen habe Zimmer in der Wohnung gewechselt so heute Morgen frisch und munter nach einer Nacht von ca.11h Schlaf aufgewacht geweckt vom Zwitschern der Vgel im HauseigenenGarten geduscht im Zimmereigenen Bad macht sich KleinLivi am Nachmittag VOLLER MOTIVA http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-342097.html Alright so here goes...knowing me I will write this entry and no others.....so I guess I better make it a good one...DunedinAuckland So my departure with my family was quite rushed because air new zealand needs you on the plane a lifetime before you need to actually be there and the samoan family seemed to think that rule didnt apply to them so they exasperated the process even longer as we had http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-341364.html From now on there will be two contributors to this blog... Asta has arrived a bit jet lagged tired and bruised after a car crash... on Saturday morning and since from now on we will be traveling both of us together we will be writing this blog together After almost a week in san Pedro de Atacama SPdA where I've done a lot of relaxing my cough is almost gone and couple of excursions http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-341260.html