No, not 9/11 in New York City when the twin towers came crashing down, but 9/11/1973 when Chile's own military overthrew their democratically elected government.We visited a human rights museum in Santiago and were shocked by the horrible stories. On Chile's 9/11 tanks shelled the presidential palace while aircraft dropped bombs. During the attack, President Allende committed suicide, and thus ended Chile's socialist goverment. During the period betw...

We really like Santiago. With 6 million people it's not nearly as big as Buenos Aires, nor does it have the history, but it has a freshness about it. There's tons of stuff to do and beautiful neighborhoods to stroll through day or night with cute little eclectic cafes. We rented an apartment in el centro just blocks from the presidential palace and the main square, so everything was either a short walk or a metro ride away.But I am sooooo far behind on t...

We've veen stuck here on the border--way in the tips of the mountains---for 2 hours now. In a line of buses on our way across the Andes from Mendoza, Argentina to Santiago, Chile, we sit and sit until someone comes on the bus and yells something about documentos and we all file out.  I'm not about to leave the camera bag, two kindles and an ipad on the bus though, so me and my weighted down shoulder bag head down the steps and into the customs shed for ...

We made it to Santiago safe and sound and are in a great hostel with lots of very friendly 20-somethings from all over the world. We're having a barbecue tonight in the courtyard with them and free wine and beer.Dang. We could have had free whiskey or gin on the Taca flight, too. I'm gonna have to take up drinkin'...Bill, you and Inga should be here. It's alot like Chimbas.One of the young men here is from Columbia, Harold, a doctor who's move...