Santiago de Chile

Hola!

Greetings from sunny Santiago, we arrived here two days ago. So far so good, we have bought some bus tickets to head south starting tomorrow, and the chilean people are just lovely. Heartwarm and helpful and smiley, nothing to complain about =) Santigo itself is a bit boring, not too much things to do or to se, and i think our three nights here is more than enough. So far the most gratest thig the city itself has offered to us was the Mercado Central where we has absolutely delicious seefood lunch! Yummy! It has been quite nice to walk around in the city though, but i didnt get the homey feeling here as ive dome in some other places where weve been visiting.

Our next destination where the bus will take us day after tomorrow is Pucon and Villarica volcano. Im determined to see some lava, so lets hope that the volcano is on its (not too) active mood when we get there.. Then after that our plans are not too clear. Depends how we feel about the lake district we might go to Argentinian side to Bariloche and check out their hikes in the Natural Parks and atround the lakes. Then it will be ass-aching 30h bus drive to south leading us eventually to Tierra del Fuego at the end of the continent. Then we still might have some time for some hikes in Torres del Paine national park before catching a flight to Buenos Aires or directly to Rio, vamos a ver ;o)

So far our travel has been ookoo, some things and places more great than others, and we still have six weeks to go. Time runs sooooo fast, i think we ujst started our trip, and theres still so musch to see. I defnitely want to get back to New Zealand one day to explore and see it all properly, and i think i will get the same feeling about South America aswell as soon as we get out of Santiago. The only problem though is that South America is some what bigger than New Zealand. Well, atleast we will have something to do and somewhere to travel in the future!

Huhhuhh.. I think i will out out this ttext now, and if i go to our room and am able to find the cable to connest my camera to this compu then i might out here some kind of selection of pictures for you to see.. I already know that i dont have any pictures on my camera about New Zealand since Bruno filled his SD card already in Australia and ttook mine in his camera.. But some i do have surely, i will put some of then here for you to look at =)

Besos a todos! <3