Off to Mendoza...

Well our stay in Chile is coming to an end! Friday night we went out and met up with Caroline, a friend from Adelaide. The club we went to is called Las Urracas and, according to our receptionist at la casa roja, it´s an exclusive club in one of the more wealthy areas. Luckily my name was on the door, thanks to Caroline! Plus the bouncer let our friends in too! Otherwise you have to pay. It was about a 20 minute cab ride from us, but we split it with the Israelis so it wasn´t too expensive. Las Urracas was pretty good, we got there at about 1am and finally managed to find Caroline! Did a lot of dancing and returned to la casa roja where the boys got ridiculously drunk on shots of vodka, rum. Got to use my french a little as well upon meeting a frenchie, well, from nouvelle calédonie anyhow... Josh got drunk and injured his foot, and now has a bit of a limp. hopefully it´ll get better but it´s his own fault anyway!! I woke him up at 1pm the following afternoon and he was still drunk! Passionate conversations about Isreal and Palestine were the topic of the night. Probably not the best topic when drunk...Pissed off people trying to sleep by talking too loudly and knocking things over at about 6 in the morning. I think the receptionist got annoyed too.

Last night was Valparaíso. Loved it! But lots more stray dogs, lots more than in Santiago! Very nice city by the sea, went to the most charming cafe called color cafe and ate a lovely late lunch. For dinner Josh got something called a chorrillano or something...THE MOST DEGUSTING THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!! Chile´s answer to the AB....ugh. It´s pretty offensive. Especially from a vego´s point of view. After, as we were still very tired, we decided to go see a mov¡e. Quantam of Solace. Luckily it wasn´t dubbed...

Tonight it´s off to Mendoza in Argentina, overnight bus ride. There we hope to do some of the outdoor stuff, cycling, climbing, rafting...not sure exactly what though.
Also, Josh and I have decided to buy a dictionary so that instead of asking for ¨paper for your nose¨, I can simply ask for ¨tissues¨ (in spanish of course)...
xx