Southern Chile Santiago After a long flight from Auckland we landed in Santiago, Chile. Fraser did not sleep at all on the plane, largely due to the fact that he had one of the largest men in the world in the seat next to him - his belly and arm were partly in Fraser's seat and his elbow was digging into his ribs. We think he should have paid for a couple of seats. Anyway, we negotiated a taxi from the airport (paying well over the odds but knackered so went with it) to Hostal de Sammy, along with an Irish lad, Kenny, who we met at the airport. Since leaving Ireland, Kenny has been mugged in Thailand and been in two car crashes in New Zealand - his trip met another disaster on our second
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