Harlow Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Hi there! This'll be a journal about my trip through South America. All the way down to Chile and Argentina. As it's a traditon with my family (parents, sister and uncle's family), we always organize vacations to various sites on the December Christmas/New Years. This was a particular departure, since while we usually start preparing the luggage a month of anticipation, we practically did this step overnight. Fortunately, we packed enough to last the three weeks. We went to the airport at 2 a.m in the morning (no one at my family slept at all, just my uncle's family) to get on the plane at 6 a.m. At 8 a.m home time, we arrived at Panama City (possibly the ultimate scale-city of the Americas. A lot of people do that in order to evade the more than usual delays of the local flights. "X-Panama-Y") At 12 p.m home time, we flew to Santiago, Chile. It was nice to have a view from the windows (and decent-clean windows) for a change. At 6 p.m home time (Now 8:30p.m Chilean TIme) we arrived at Chile. After papers and luggage, we went to the hotel. We decided to dine there. On there (and on almost every Chilean restaurant) they hand out a free local cocktail called Pisco Sour. It's the signature beverage there; it includes Pisco (local grape liquor), lemon, cane syrup, Bitters and egg whites. It's hard to describe the taste: kinda sweet, then strong and a bit thick. Chilean base food's seafood of all kind. After that we went to bed. We only had one day in Santiago before going cruising. That's about it for the first day. Please, don't copy the image with the DA watermark without my permission, since it's mine. (many pictures may have them in the future). I'll specify which are mine. More coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Wow, that is a beautiful view! Interesting story. I will keep an eye on this thread. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu'um Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Wow, that is a beautiful view! Interesting story. I will keep an eye on this thread. all the way, have fun and i want to hear some neat stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCPeppyTc Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Enjoy all the Alpacas, Llamas and glaciers! also, say hi to Eva peron for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Day 2: Santiago. After getting out of the hotel, we rented a van and went around the city. I learned that Santiago was a really odd place in the Colonial times, as the city itself was a Spanish colony who also accomodated the English. There's also a huge German influence in the area. It all creates a varied enviroment. There's an university/college on pretty much any block in the city. It really shows how culturized many Chileans are. They also kept the tradition of using horses (whether it be for security or sports) I'll never forget the time we were advised to try a traditional summer drink: Guide: "You have to try the mote It's a traditional summer drink..." Aunt: "DOES IT HAVE LIQUOR?" Myself: 0_0 It's a sickly sweet drink made of peaches and wheat flakes. Not my taste, but I'll east no one can tell me a story about it (pretty much the motto of the trip) Then we went to different Markets (including the city's Central Market) The main souvernirs of Chile are anyhting made of Alpaca wool, Copper or Lapis Lazuli (Chile's one of the two countries where this gemstone occurs naturally in large quantities, the other being Afghanistan on a much lower basis) We ate at a restaurant in the main Market on the afternoon. I never ate so much seafood in my life. We ordered centolla as the main course for everyone. Two of those were more than enough for 12 people. What's a centolla you ask? This. The must-eat in Chile At night, part of the group (the elderly and the kids decided to stay at the hotel) walked through the city a bit more. We saw Pablo Neruda's home and had some drinks by the Bohemian part of the city. While on that, the most random thing happened. A flash mob of disguised people riding a bike. It was acutally a fun sight. I was like "I wish we had this in my country instead of insecurity" XD We got the munchies, ordered pizza and then went to bed. More soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCPeppyTc Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 try giving that crab a hug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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