Blogs from Providencia, Santiago Region, Chile, South America - page 6

So much has happened since we last dropped you a line it is hard to remember everything. I guess first things first.... - Hope you all got what you wanted at Barclays - Owen, Happy Birthday (it is soon), have a fantastic day and lots of cake. - Bux, Jon, Chris, this is when the sleepless nights begin so good luck fellas. I am sure number 2 will be easier than number one (mind you i have no idea how hard number one was). - Come on England, it is about time we took that 6 Nations back where it rightfully belongs and stopped letting these made up teams think they know what they are doing. So, from the Dolphins of The Bay Of Plenty (sooo good) we travelled the short trip to Auckland where we ... read more

Nothing too notable has happened the past few days, so I will just quickly fill you all in on the most notable events of the past few days. First, I was in the shower and . . . the hose broke! EEK!!! So, I went to buy a new one at Fallabella (a department store) and not knowing the word for 'shower hose or whatever' I explained I need ''la cosa de que puede duchar' - the thing with which you shower. She got it, thank god -and informed me it's called a manga! Great, I have a broken manga on my hands - sounds like I need an antibiotic not a hardware store, right? Well, I walked down to the local Ferreteria (hardware store, NOT FERRET STORE) LOL! Anyway, all is well - I got ... read more

Happy 2009! I had a pretty fun night, although I am beat today! The latinos sure like to stay up late! I went to Juan Carlos' house with Pauline and Juan's parents. Various other people popped in throughout the night. It was sort of bizarre because everyone in the apartment complex where he lives kept their door open and people just walked in and out the whole night . . . strange! And, everyone had music playing very loudly until about 5AM - - - obviously quite time isn't high on the list! Anyway, that's about all I have to report - nothing too exciting. I attached two pictures. Juan is dressed in all white with Pauline, the other younger looking lady and Juan's parents - then some random guy who kept trying to talk to ... read more

Well, I finally arrived! I left New York on 12/27 at 6:45 AM, flew to Bogota, Columbia where I had an 8 hour layover in a very tiny terminal - I was bored! Finally got into Santiago at 7AM on 12/28. On Sunday, I did unpacked and set up my apartment - luckily there wasn't much to do except hang up my clothes. I went to an Ikea-like store and bought a few things like nicer pillows and towels and went to the grocery store, which was an interesting experience. First of all, I had to laugh to myself when I couldn't read the packaging ... I wanted flour - who knows how to say that in Spanish?? LOL Also, you'd think you could just tell my looking at the packaging but no, everything is in ... read more

My flight to Santiago via Paris was pretty uneventful and, of course, long!! 13 hours+!!! Met a friendly chap on my Manchester to Paris flight who was going to Argentina (his wife is Argentine). We exchanged travel plans and he gave me some trips travelling through Argentina. He also correct my pronunciations such as BARI-LO-CHE. There were also a large group of rugby players who were touring in Santiago and Vina Del Mar. On my way to the hotel, I purchased my ticket for Puerto Varas. For a cama seat, it works out only 25 GBP! Those prices, I will not pay back in the UK even for an ordinary seat nor it would be comfy. The bus station was crazy with people going off here and there and everywhere as it is Chilean public holiday ... read more