Casuela de Argentina

I better not try to describe. But when i put the spoon into my mouth suddenly the heaven opened and the chorus of angels started unisono with accompanying the holy bells. I thought i am dreaming but the glass of chillean white assured me that paradise really exist. Its GPS is here 41¤39'04"South and 71¤27'54"West.

Valparaiso

It is a sin if you are in Santiago and you dont visit Valparaiso. The trip will take over an hour by comfi buses for less than 6000 CLP round trip. The spirit of the artistic hilly city will not let you forget. Imagine the immigrants almost 200 hundreds years ago moved in for better future. Each hill was occupied by different minority which gave the todays look of Valparaiso.
Hint: Must see :)

Finaly on the road.

No no. It didnt take me 4 months to move my ass, but while 2 months ago I was discovering the mystic voodoo island Siquijor of the Philippines, now finaly after long journey I can enjoy the taste of cold draft beer in Santiago de Chile. The journey begins in this modern city full of young people studying at the universities. Here I realized that level of my spanish literacy is below zero. The bus driver operating on the route between the city and the airport had understood 'dos ticketos' instead of me saying 'Los heroes' :) so I ended up paying 2 x 1400 chilean pesos.

Hint: Dont get yourself to be fooled at the airport by taxi drivers. You will barely notice, but there is local infodesk. Even though the sweet lady has no sign around the desk, not a computer or the phone on, not even a free map or any sort of prints and she doesnt even speak english but with her effort to give me the right info made me feel that this is going to be my 'experiencia graciosa' :)

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Well...I am not going anwhere yet. But, the dreams are here to be forced by our anxiety. :-) As soon I will put all the things together and figure out the time of the departure, I will kick my ass to do finaly something, that I almost have forgoten about over the years. Back on track, to travel, to discover, and to enjoy the freedom of backpacking. Stay tuned ;-)

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