We seem to have arrived in town at the same time as the Hanga Roa Cock-a-doodling tournament and our apartment's cockerel seems to be one of the main contenders. We're staying in a cavernous and spacious hexagonal building on stilts and made out of wood. It's constructed out of wood and very well finished. Apart from the main room there is a bathroom and a small kitchenette area. Beneath the cabana is a lava cave. The balcony area looks north east towards two sma...

Whilst Joan showered Kevin went in search of bread and cheese for breakfast. The internet in the flat was very slow and we couldn't upload photos. We had tried to contact the owner to see if we could leave our cases till the afternoon but she did not respond. After breakfast we went for a walk up to the funicular railway station. Barrio Bellavista is the Boho area of Santiago with lots of restaurants, bars and clubs. Then we walked down from Plaza Balcemeda to t...

As daylight came we started to fly over the Andes and could see a snow topped volcano. Soon after the descent in to Santiago began. We caught a cab to our apartment in Bellavista, just off Pio Nono and near the funicular railway up to San Cristobal. All went well until the cleaner turned up and thought we were the previous night's guests. After some debate, we spoke with the owner on the phone and the confusion was cleared up. We had booked a table at El Heurto, ...

We got up early for a Saturday and dropped off the Meezers and JB at their respective 5 star all-inclusive resorts. We had plenty of time to get to Heathrow which was lucky as we were held up for over half an hour with a crash on the M1. We left our car at Purple Parking and caught their minibus to Terminal 5. We were a little too early to check-in so we had the first holiday beer and wine. Once through security we had a meal before taking off to Madrid. That jou...

We woke up late, mainly due to our late dinner. Downstairs the breakfast buffet was huge. Some of the things we had no idea what they were such as "biscuit" (looked like cobblers) with a white sauce with brown flecks. Joan made waffles and they brought hot milk in a tea pot. We had an idea about catching an open top bus tour. The receptionists were great and told us where the buses stopped, so we headed off. A few blocks down we came across City Hall. There was a...