Hi Everyone, We did a walking tour of the city yesterday it was great, it lasted about four and a half hours, getting into practice for Peru. The guide was a local chap and very knowledgable about his whole country,he is into nature and indigenous people and has travelled widely he was a pleasure to be with.Maybe that´s because I got fed, you know I´m alright as long as I get fed, we went to the markets,we bought fruits I´d never seen in my life b...

We have arrived taxi drivers galore at the airport had to keep our wits about us, we had the hostel booked so we phoned them and asked the best way to get to them, no problems the taxi drivers do not expect a tip. It cost us £4.50 to travel miles, petrol is 61p a litre, in New Zealand it was about 55p a litre. Chile has just had a week of Indepence Celebrations,flags and banners everywhere and the good hearted mood is still in evidence. Chilling out today ...