We got to Auckland airport early and check in took ages, they even tried to say that I needed a visa for Chile. It was getting very close to boarding time so we just had to talk ourselves out of it and it worked. We finally got to the gate with about 15 mins to spare. The plane was full and there was heaps of screaming kids. There was one baby just behind us that screamed pretty much the whole way. I thought and kind of hoped it would pass out so I could get some...

After New years we came back to Santiago where we tried couch surfing (where you sign up to a website and fellow travellers take you in for a couple of nights) in Santiago which was pretty interesting. The first guy was really nice we had our own room and bathroom which was better than the hostel. This place was close to the embassies and Lucio (the host) was a great translator. The first night he drove us around Santiago showing us the local sites. We finished a...

We read up in the Lonley Planet to find a place to stay and La Casa Roja sounded perfect we arrived checked in and walked out the back to see a wicked pool, swim up bar, BBQ and hammocks it reminded me about Perth summer at christmas time. It was awesome and gave us a bit of time to forget about our passport trouble. It's owned by an Aussie so they were having a full BBQ Christmas lunch which we happily joined. It was great we ate good food and drunk good bee...