Santiago

We made it to Chile safe and sound and had an interesting day checking out the tourist sites today. The photo is the hill of St Lucia which is a small volcanic plug close to the centre of town which is a park with some beautiful colonial architecture. We tried out the local speciality of Mote con huesillos which turned out to be soaked wheat in peach syrup, not bad suprisingly.

The spanish is going well when we do the talking but we are having trouble understanding the locals if they say more than a couple of words. On the flight over here with LAN Chile as we approached the Auckland runway for our landing I swear that the pilot made a short announcement on the PA of ¨"...darme la proxima cerveza" which translates to "give me the next beer". I was a little alarmed at what was going on in the cockpit after that!

We´re off to Peru tomorrow morning.

Itinery Update 11 Dec 2005

Itinerary

Wed 28 Dec, QF 0507, Depart 6:30am Brisbane to Sydney
Wed 28 Dec, QF 0321, Depart 10:15am Sydney to Auckland
Wed 28 Dec, QF 0321, Depart 4:50pm Auckland to Santiago
Fri 30 Dec, LAN Peru S.A. LP 5634, Depart 8:40am Santiago to Lima
Fri 30 Dec, LAN Peru S.A. LP 0111, Depart 1:55am Lima to Cuzco
Meet home stay family
Mon 2 Jan to Thu 12 Jan Attend Excel Spanish Language School, 4 hrs per day.
Fri 13 Jan, Commence 4 day Inca trail trek
Mon 16 Jan, Arrive at Machu Picchu, spend day there and return to Cusco.
Sat 28 Jan, LAN Peru S.A. LP 0038, Depart 4:30pm Cuzco to Lima
Sat 28 Jan, LAN Peru S.A. LP 5635, Depart 8:35pm Lima to Santiago
Mon 6 Feb, Depart Puerto Montt, Navimag Ferry, 4.00pm
Thur 9 Feb, Arrive Puerto Natales, 4.00pm
Arrive Nat. Park Torres del Paine
10 Day Trek
Depart Nat. Park Torres del Paine
Arrive Punta Arenas
Mon 17 Apr, LAN Airlines S.A. QF 0322, Depart 11:15pm Santiago to Auckland
Wed 19 Apr, Qantas QF 0116, Depart 6:30am Auckland to Brisbane