Mr. Mousie and I have decided to go to Chile in March. We've been meaning to go on and off for years, but things always came up and we went elsewhere. But now!!!!
I wish I had a month and could go down to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic and Easter Island, but sadly he can only get away for a week. So we are going to go to Santiago, Valparaiso and Mendoza (yes, I realize Mendoza is in Argentina). I am especially excited because to get to Mendoza, we are going to take an 8-hour bus trip over the Andes. I am so excited I might burst (though hopefully not).
I think I am developing a Latin America fixation, the way I had one with Asia a few years back. If we couldn't make Chile work, we would have gone to Panama and Colombia (which we might do next time). I've only been to Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay and Peru, and will now add Chile, but I pretty much want to go everywhere.
My Spanish is ridiculously rusty, so I'll need to bone up on it by then.
Anyway, this is all not just giddy gushing but a very-long winded way of asking if anyone has ever been and do you guys have any tips?
I wish I had a month and could go down to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic and Easter Island, but sadly he can only get away for a week. So we are going to go to Santiago, Valparaiso and Mendoza (yes, I realize Mendoza is in Argentina). I am especially excited because to get to Mendoza, we are going to take an 8-hour bus trip over the Andes. I am so excited I might burst (though hopefully not).
I think I am developing a Latin America fixation, the way I had one with Asia a few years back. If we couldn't make Chile work, we would have gone to Panama and Colombia (which we might do next time). I've only been to Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay and Peru, and will now add Chile, but I pretty much want to go everywhere.
My Spanish is ridiculously rusty, so I'll need to bone up on it by then.
Anyway, this is all not just giddy gushing but a very-long winded way of asking if anyone has ever been and do you guys have any tips?