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January 18th 2007

Published: January 27th 2007

Claire: finally a big city! it had starbucks (mmmm!). we went to the zoo, we looked at a big statue of a virgin on a hill, we marveled at the nice weather and we got really, really, really drunk. the measures of vodka here are more than half the glass. also, we sort of decided we dont want to come home, not yet at least... so we changed our flights and booked new ones to go to buenos aires in arge... Read Full Entry

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Santiago zoo 11

Iguana porn.

Santiago zoo 12

This cobra seemed very intent on finding a way through to the next cage which had a tasty looking monitor lizard in it.

Santiago zoo 13

A python looking very bored.

Santiago zoo 14

Another monkey that looked desperate to get out its cage, or maybe just getting a good vantage point to fling feces at people.

Santiago zoo 15

Big tadpole thing.

Santiago zoo 16

Fat frog/toad, not sure what kind of frog/toad this is as Santiago zoo seems not to want you to know what your looking at.

Santiago zoo 17

Tree frog, I think.

Santiago zoo 18

"All hail the hypno-toad." (followed by angery buzzing noise, futurama fans know what I'm on about)

Santiago zoo 19

Jaguar having its lunch.

Tiggr.

I see you.

Vicious looking emu.

An Eagle with a busted wing.

Santiago zoo 24

Santiago from the zoo.

Santiago zoo 25

Me and an Alpaca. this one wasn't as interested in me as the one back in Bolivia.

Santiago zoo 26

Claire and the South American equivalent of an emu, which I forget the name of.

Santiago zoo 27

Baboons doing what babbons do, fighting and flashing their genitals. Somehow Claire managed not to get a photo of the baboons that looked like they'd suffered an anal prolapse.

Santiago zoo 28

Coati

San Cristobel

The view from the back of the funicular that takes you up to the virgin on San Cristobel hill.

San Cristobel 2

Me and Claire at the top of the hill with Santiago in the background.

Claire at San Cristobel

28th January 2007

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Finally got around to catching up with your travels. I have had a viral infection which laid me pretty low, back to health now. As usual sods law I was decorating Craig's bedroom at the time and everything had to take a back seat until now. You seem to be having a whale of a time, I hope your liver can stand it. Mum thinks the photographs are great and it makes us feel we are there with you. Love Mum and Dad PS your sofa is in the dump

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