Santiago Travel Blogs - Page 3

Like I had mentioned before, me and Sara were studying abroad in Chile but were feeling the need to get out and get around.  Bus tickets to Buenos Aires were going for $100 round trip (little did we know we know flights were on sale at this same time for about $120... o silly little gring…

Shawn arrived from vancouver via housten and as expected hit the streets running. He´d gone up the cristobal but couldn´t find his way down and so in typical shawn fashion decided to bush wack his way down. probably leaving a trail of destruction. Anyways it´s good to finally get to meet my tr…

Today started out with a trip to Viña Cousiño Macul. It is the oldest vineyard in Chile that is still run by the original owners. The tour was informative and fun (they were very generous with the amount of wine they gave, which almost led to a fight). After spending 30 minutes trying to figure o…

  The mood was set for our trip to Chile as soon as we crossed the boarder.  From the plane you could see the Andes, these beautiful pristine mountains that bring a sense of calm.  San Tiago, Chile is much the same, very calm.  I’m not sure if it’s the neighborhood we’re …

Singer, intellectual and all-round Sheffieldian legend, Jarvis Cocker, once wrote about love: "It's not all chocolate boxes and roses, it's dirtier than that..." He could just as easily have been talking about travelling. Whilst traipsing through South America, I've had my …

Planes make me happy. Sitting next to an obnoxious, drunken, fat and smelly Australian whose elbows leeched over into my seat was not so happy-making, but as I slept solidly through most of the flight, it wasn´t too bad, really. Flying through a sunrise was spectacular - it reminded me off my room…

Well, we're back in Arizona... boo! On the plane (no problems, by the way!) we were all quite melancholy about leaving. There's just something about Santiago that makes me feel as if a part of me is missing. Arriving in Phoenix, I kept thinking that the baggage people were going to talk to me in Sp…

Arriving in Santiago at 7am after 2 days of bus travel, it is time to use up the day of waiting for our flight to update and complete our Year in Latin America travel blog...so enjoy!   I am very paranoid that our flight will be full or our details won`t be on the system after we changed…

     So we wanted to write a little wrap up. First of all since we left each other's side a week ago, I have to say that, 1) it was one of the most fun few months I ever had, and 2) I really love him/her. I would have never have as much fun if I would have done this alone, and probably never hav…

There are some very distinctive contrasts between Buenos Aires and Santiago.  Many of these differences appear to stem from the different cultural backgrounds of the people.  Argentina has a much more European vibe, at least from what I’ve observed and experienced in Buenos Aires. …

Welcome to my Travel Blog. I will be travelling from Vancouver on the 16th of April with a short stopover in Santa Barbara then on to Guatemala on April 19th and then by land south to Argentina and flying out of Rio de Janeiro Brazil on August 27th.

KERRY - We had heard from fellow travellers we had met along the way the Santiago was not much of a city and that we would not want to spend a lot of time there as there was not a lot to do. We did like the city though and although there is not a huge amount to do, it was a lot nicer than we expect…

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Santiago is the capital of Chile, and the center of greater Santiago. It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m. Although Santiago is the capital, legislative bodies meet in nearby Valparaíso.   Approximately two decades of uninterrupted economic growth…

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