La Paz to Santiago, Chile.

I was really sad to see Bruce go, but excited to get to Chile. The last night all of us were together in La Paz, we went on a bit of a bender... Oops. It was an awesome night though, starting with a lovely dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Followed by drinks at a bar, followed by cocktails at Loki hostel, then a club, then another club, then back to the first club, then... You get my drift. It was a big night.

Bruce and Sarahs had an entire day of travelling the next day, while recovering. I didn´t envy them! Jeremy and I didn´t see much of La Paz that day, but did manage to get out to have a yummy steak at a recommended place. On our last day, we bought a couple of souvenirs to add to our growing collection, then made our way to the airport. We´ve managed to come across many different protests in our time here, and the latest in La Paz came complete with a lot of fireworks! I´m not going to miss that noise.

Anyway, we flew out of La Paz and into Santiago yesterday. What a relief to be at sea level again! The difference it makes in walking is not to be underestimated. We landed quite late, but it seems that Santiago is a late city. I wasn´t expecting to see much (left the hostel around midnight) but managed to find the bohemian part of the city. Santiago has a really student type feel to it, nothing I can explain. But it´s definitely somewhere that we want to visit again at some point. There were loads of bars in Bellavista that looked really cool, and there´s something about the place that feels strangely familiar. It´s supposed to be the most European of the cities in South America, as is Melbourne in Oz, so maybe that´s why I´m liking it. Even though this morning we managed to block the toilet (without even doing anything to it?!) and the shower exploded on me while I was in it. The shower head went flying, the hose flew about, the bathroom was swamped. Someone has fixed it now, so the bathroom is no longer a glorified changing room...!

Anyway, Jeremy and I have both been a little under the weather today so sadly we haven´t been out much yet. Tomorrow we have a 6 hour bus trip to Mendoza, a wine region in Argentina, so I´m hoping that we´re able to sort ourselves rather quickly!! Fingers crossed... I don´t feel too stressed about missing bits of this particular city, I know we´ll be back.

Wine and steak for the next couple of days. It´s a hard life!!