Santiago

Sunday morning in Santiago.

June 21st 2008
We flew from New Zealand to Santiago, Chile for the next step of our journey. Strangely, our flight left one hour earlier than scheduled and arrived one hour later than scheduled. Strong headwinds, I assume. Due to the time differences it was early evening local time but 6 in the morning by our body clocks. Given the jet lag, and the fact that we were only using Santiago as a stop over on ou ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region

Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more

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Brendan and Linda Hegarty

Bren and Linda

Hi. My name is Brendan, my wife is Linda and we are both Irish, currently living in Dublin. My wife and I have always envied those young people who had the opportunity to travel after leaving school, collage etc. We ourselves went straight from school into the work place. We always told ourselves that we would make up for this by travelling after our retirements, if we made it that far. But we often asked ourselves why the pleasures of travel should only apply to the young or the old. What about us in betweens, yep thats right, the middle aged. Both of us were in the fortuna... full info

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