Chile, Where the Beautiful Roam Free...

Ah Santiago, what a tall glass of water you are. That you can actually drink without 10 million vicious bacteria mashing your internal organs to a pulp...

After 3 weeks in Bolivia there was a certain degree of culture shock when we were ushered into our suite at the Sheraton, and then went out into the sweet smelling sunshine of Santiago. I kid you not, everyone here is good looking and well dressed. There's also the sensation that everyone is just barely curbing their , ahem, appetites, and at the slightest provocation would just go for it with each other in the streets. Well, that's the way I interpreted it anyway!

The week has passed in a gentle haze of good food & wine with a bit a skiing in the Andes thrown in just to keep things interesting. I can highly recommend a very good Santiago tour guide, Fernando. Very knowledgeable, average driving skills but a winning personality. What more could you ask for?

Chile, the little part of it I saw, is wonderful.