Whew! What an intense couple of weeks and nice to be back in Santiago relaxing. Spent Christmas Eve with a group of "Santiago Orphans" which included a yummy asado (BBQ) and drinks, followed by some drunken dancin`All good fun! then spent Christmas night with Helena and her Chilean family. We ate the first course of Xmas dinner at like, 11pm and then everyone left the table! God, I was thinking.. was that it? crap, I should have definetly eaten more h...

Whew! What an intense couple of weeks and nice to be back in Santiago relaxing. Spent Christmas Eve with a group of "Santiago Orphans" which included a yummy asado (BBQ) and drinks, followed by some drunken dancin`All good fun! then spent Christmas night with Helena and her Chilean family. We ate the first course of Xmas dinner at like, 11pm and then everyone left the table! God, I was thinking.. was that it? crap, I should have definetly eaten more h...

Well, I know its been a while so I thought I should update... sorry for being really slack! I moved into a new flat in Bellas Artes just over 2 weeks ago, there lives a French guy and a Chilean girl. its different from living with the family and its nice to have my independence back! Summer has really hit here and I`m finding the heat really tough.. I thought I would be fine after visiting such tropical hotspots as Egypt and South East Asia, but really nothing ...

So, summer has finally hit in Santiago and while I am huffing and puffing in the sweaty metro and streets, Chilenos continue their day still wearing pretty much exactly what they wore when I first arrived. This amazes me. On Wednesday night we went out to the “after work party” on the top of the Santa Lucia Cerro (hill). It was in the most amazing venue, a massive house-castle of 3 levels with bars etc on each floor. When you walked in there was a huge wate...

So, summer has finally hit in Santiago and while I am huffing and puffing in the sweaty metro and streets, Chilenos continue their day still wearing pretty much exactly what they wore when I first arrived. This amazes me. On Wednesday night we went out to the “after work party” on the top of the Santa Lucia Cerro (hill). It was in the most amazing venue, a massive house-castle of 3 levels with bars etc on each floor. When you walked in there was a huge wate...