After 16 hours in transit, we finally touched down in Santiago. Within 5 minutes of leaving the airport, Nath was already being mistaken for a South American, with everyone rambling at him in Spanish - only to be met with a blank stare. After settling into our cute Hotel Paris (at $20 a night) in a little cobblestoned neighbourhood, we set out to explore. Downtown Santiago is a maze of bustling pedestrian malls packed shoulder to shoulder with people (doesn´t anyone work here?) and filled with street performers. We were starving and to our absolute delight, we discovered a local favourite called ´completo´ which is essentially a hot dog but piled with salsa, guacamole & mayo - Nath has become addicted. These things are sold in little diners devoted solely to completos, as well as completo
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