We did make it down to Chile--arrived late on Jan 18.
Been seeing Santiago and Valparaiso since then, and as I had to send my fancy new laptop back to the USA for repair (3.4 lb Samsung, failed LCD screen), we could not get photos off the camera. But tech stores do exist down here and we are back up to speed w photos, if not my work laptop.
Four nights in Santiago and now most of a week in Valparaiso--great places. The port city here that seemed very seedy to our quick-to-judge son has now turned into a place of great interest and charm (that ¨chipped paint charm¨ as the Rough Guide puts it) with wild hilly geography, art almost everywhere, and ships coming and going in the bay.
More on that later..
