Hola, argghhhh! mi espanol es muy mal!, why didn't someone say they all spoke Spanish. Only kidding, we knew that. It's not too bad, hoping my little spanish is gonna become a lotta spanish in a very short time. We arrived safely in Santiago at 11.55am on the 18th April approx. 5 hours before we'd left Auckland at 5.30pm on the 18th April . It's bizarre, I now have 2 entries in my journal for 18th April. a 40 hr day, wow! Had a really beat up taxi with a huge crack in it's windscreen, which got us from the airport very quickly. We're staying in a hotel tonight as it's the same price as hostels in new zealand. Wow. it's so much cheaper here, hoorah, and Santiago is the richest place we'll be going to in South America. Get some photos up as soon as I can, still got a few left to post from NZ. Bizarre have just seen changing rooms with Laurence Llwellyn Bowen. Keep up the good work, people who are travelling, and a big hello and apologies to all the people who are actually working! Probably gonna go to the coast and Val pariaso (i think), for a few days before we fly to Buenos Airies and meet up with the first tour. Already seen some very big Andes mountains as we flew in. Take care, lots of love, Pete and Claire xxxx