OK, unfortunately we didn´t make it to Easter Island, but we liked the picture and as we have no camera have run out of pictures to use. After the robbery (maybe over-dramatizing a bit.....the bag snatch), we made it to Santiago, the capital of Chile.  Santiago, in the travel guide, supposedly has a feel of a US or European city.  OK, it is hectic with businessmen and women rushing around, and has a few fast food places, but that´s prob...

After crossing the Chilean-Argentine border on the 15th, we arrived in Puerto Natales, a small town of about 20k people a few hours from Parque National Torres del Paine in Chilean Patagonia, and home of probably the largest burgers we have ever eaten.  They were the size of a plate, with a heap of chips on another plate on the side. We found a nice hostel called Nikos 2 with a nice English-speaking woman, whose dog took a real fancy to Alliso...