Hola! Well Santiago is a bit of a disappointment it has to be said. However I have made the most of being here. Today I walked up San Cristobal where there is a huge Statue of the Virgin Mary watching over the city. I walked right to the top, it's so big that you rise above the smog as you can see from the pictures i took. I took the funicular down so i would be able to get the big seafood market for lunch - my scallops were amazing, also had some kind of fish...

Finally got an opportunity to update - been so busy over the last few days. Mendoza was great, went horseriding in the Andes all day and rode to a really cool restaurant for a fantastic lunch. Then i went with some people from the hostel to a barbeque/buffet place sooo much food, I just stuck to the steak and the black pudding it was great. Yesterday a group of us got the local bus about 40 mins outside of town and then went to a really cool bike rental place a...