This is my second day in Chile. I was up for about 30 hours yesterday, so feel more normal now.
Santiago has a dry, bustly feel about it. It´s hot and humid and the streets are full of students wearing rags and covered in dirt, trying to raise funds for university (this is genuine - like rag week.). There are also con-artists about who show you poetry and then ask for money for their studies, this is Santiago´s favourite con and, fortunately, it´s not very convincing. The hostel is great and the Chileans seem very friendly, although few speak English, which makes chatting hard, but it no doubt good for my pigeon Spanish (that´s probably insulting to pigeons).
Will sample the nightlife this evening, then have one more day here before a flight to Punta Arenas and a four-day cruise of the ice caps of Patagonia, which will end in Ushuia, Argentina. I will then fly back to Santiago and probably head north for my few remaining days to Valparaiso, which sounds great.
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