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Location Date Sat, 11 October 2014 1413022560 Fri, 10 October 2014 1412936160 Thu, 09 October 2014
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We were leaving La Serena behind this morning and taking the 11:10am bus to Santiago. Well, we thought we were taking the 11:10am bus but the first 3 buses that arrived were all earlier ones that were running late. Our bus eventually arrived 30 minutes late and we were on our way.
The journey was approximately six hours and we had some nice views of the Pacific Coast on the way south. There were lots of fields of different varieties of wild flowers.
The bus arrived in Santiago in the late afternoon and we hit the rush hour metro traffic. The yellow line wasn't so busy but when we changed to the green line for Cal y Canto, the carriages and platforms were packed. We had to let the first train go past and then we barged our way on the second. It was a short walk from the metro station to our apartment, San Martin Suites. It was easy enough to find and the concierge had a letter for us with the code to enter our apartment.
The apartment seemed to be in a residential block and just rented out privately. Our room on the 17th floor had views over the city to the surrounding mountains. It was a small and simple one bedroom with tiny but functional living and kitchen area. There was even a small balcony, big enough to stand on but too small to put a chair on. The television was a bit weird, for us at least, because there were no cable channels, it did have Netflix but we never bothered finding out how it worked.
We went out in search of a supermarket to buy some food to cook in our kitchen and eventually found a Unimark. It wasn't too long of a walk and we managed to buy enough supplies for breakfasts and dinners for coming days. It was a bit late to start cooking by the time we got back so we just settled for a sandwich.
The WiFi in the apartment is probably the best we've had in South America so we managed to buy flights to Iguazu Falls for the end of our trip and researched options to stay close to the airport in Buenos Aires before our international flight.
Without neighbours being able to look in our window, we were able to keep the curtains open and enjoy night view over the city.
The journey was approximately six hours and we had some nice views of the Pacific Coast on the way south. There were lots of fields of different varieties of wild flowers.
The bus arrived in Santiago in the late afternoon and we hit the rush hour metro traffic. The yellow line wasn't so busy but when we changed to the green line for Cal y Canto, the carriages and platforms were packed. We had to let the first train go past and then we barged our way on the second. It was a short walk from the metro station to our apartment, San Martin Suites. It was easy enough to find and the concierge had a letter for us with the code to enter our apartment.
The apartment seemed to be in a residential block and just rented out privately. Our room on the 17th floor had views over the city to the surrounding mountains. It was a small and simple one bedroom with tiny but functional living and kitchen area. There was even a small balcony, big enough to stand on but too small to put a chair on. The television was a bit weird, for us at least, because there were no cable channels, it did have Netflix but we never bothered finding out how it worked.
We went out in search of a supermarket to buy some food to cook in our kitchen and eventually found a Unimark. It wasn't too long of a walk and we managed to buy enough supplies for breakfasts and dinners for coming days. It was a bit late to start cooking by the time we got back so we just settled for a sandwich.
The WiFi in the apartment is probably the best we've had in South America so we managed to buy flights to Iguazu Falls for the end of our trip and researched options to stay close to the airport in Buenos Aires before our international flight.
Without neighbours being able to look in our window, we were able to keep the curtains open and enjoy night view over the city.
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