After a slow start, we meet up with Hamish (a NZ student friend of Karla's who is on exchange), we walked over to catch a cable car up San Cristobal. It was closed for repairs. Hamish suggested we walk around and catch the funicular up to the statute of virgin Maria. Well we walked half way round this hill in very sunny warm weather (took about 1 to 1 and a half hours), but we achieved the exercise. While the atmosphere above the city was polluted we did see the Andes (covered in snow) plus aview over a very large city (population 5 million or more). We then caught the subway back to Providencia. Stopped at Dominio's (as suggested by Pablo) for an Italian hotdog and fresh fruit drink. Very good, would recommend the place.
We then packed our bags as we were off for the weekend. We drove down to Rancagua (about 100 km's south of Santiago. The road was a toll road all the way. An example of private public partnership, where you had to pay every 15km's either electronically or at booths. According to Pablo the roads were built by Spanish companies so they have to get their return on investment ($6000 pesos approximately NZ$18). Rancagua is where Pablos mother lives, so we had dinner with her and Pablos younger brother. Their house is a large mansion in a gated community, very, very large by NZ standards. The meal was excellent, fish and shell fish.
With it being Lynley's birthday she was showered with gifts. Pablo and Hamish gave her flowers and Pablos mother gave her a birthday cake and perfume. Extremely nice of them.
While driving down we detoured to see Pablos mothers gym, a very big business and she is planning to build another on.
Racagua has a population of 300,00 it is a mixture of old and young buildings and narrow streets. The whole trip (once we left Santiago was through horticulture - vines, kiwi fruit and orchards. Avocardo's were $400 a kilo (that is NZ$1.25 ).
Tomorrow we are off to the coast to stay the night at Pablos fathers apartment. the name of the town is Algarrobo, it is south of Valparaiso and Vina del Mar. Looking forward to that.
Until tomorrw...ka kite ano.
We then packed our bags as we were off for the weekend. We drove down to Rancagua (about 100 km's south of Santiago. The road was a toll road all the way. An example of private public partnership, where you had to pay every 15km's either electronically or at booths. According to Pablo the roads were built by Spanish companies so they have to get their return on investment ($6000 pesos approximately NZ$18). Rancagua is where Pablos mother lives, so we had dinner with her and Pablos younger brother. Their house is a large mansion in a gated community, very, very large by NZ standards. The meal was excellent, fish and shell fish.
With it being Lynley's birthday she was showered with gifts. Pablo and Hamish gave her flowers and Pablos mother gave her a birthday cake and perfume. Extremely nice of them.
While driving down we detoured to see Pablos mothers gym, a very big business and she is planning to build another on.
Racagua has a population of 300,00 it is a mixture of old and young buildings and narrow streets. The whole trip (once we left Santiago was through horticulture - vines, kiwi fruit and orchards. Avocardo's were $400 a kilo (that is NZ$1.25 ).
Tomorrow we are off to the coast to stay the night at Pablos fathers apartment. the name of the town is Algarrobo, it is south of Valparaiso and Vina del Mar. Looking forward to that.
Until tomorrw...ka kite ano.
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Sounds like a great start and you missed the wind and rain in Wellington and Wairarapa
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