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Santiago at last

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This was an 8 month overland extravaganza - from Peru, working around in a loop to Venezuela via Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Some was on GAP Adventures trips, other sections were independent - our biggest trip yet! Highlight was Melissa getting to visit her Uruguayan host family, from her year as an AFS exchange student in 1987 - the first time we'd been together in 21 years! (Also a fabulous 4 days in LA on the way home, shop away!)

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Santiago at last

March 15, 2008

Had to get up quite early today to catch our 7.30am bus to Santiago, about 6 hour trip. The bus was the most luxurious to date, so pretty comfortable and even managed to snooze a bit. Our hotel here is very central (near the Santa Lucia metro stop) so once we checked in, went for a walk around the shopping plazas. Had our first south American McDonalds, the fries tasted a bit different but otherwise about the same. After a couple of hours of wandering, headed home with a bottle of coke and some local rum to watch cable TV in English and go to sleep!