The eagle-eyed among you will note that there are two lounge reviews for Santiago Airport in Chile. This is the first, part of the Salones VIP range. First up, the lounges are near particular gates and are really spread out (like far apart) in the airport. Second, there's a LOT of shopping in the airport … Continue reading Lounges: Salon VIP at SCL, Santiago, Chile
Tours: Emiliano Winery, Turistik, Chile
While in Santiago, I worked quite a bit on my Masters thesis and, as I was coming towards the end of my trip, realised I hadn't gone anywhere that wasn't within a short Metro hop of my hotels! I hopped on the inter web and found a great tour with Uncorked Tours. Looked great, but … Continue reading Tours: Emiliano Winery, Turistik, Chile
Libraries & Academia: Providencia, Santiago, Chile
While I have the fortune and luxury of travelling around the world, I am absorbed in the world of academia, at least for some of the time! Roughly, my aim is to work 4 days a week and be a tourist for the other 3. To do so, sometimes I work in my hotel room, … Continue reading Libraries & Academia: Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Restaurants: Liguria, Santiago, Chile
Out doing the rounds in Providencia, I kept spotting this restaurant, Liguria. It looked like a French bistro from the outside, but had an Italian name. I wandered in for the first time for a lunch. I had not been feeling well while in Santiago (food poisoning, I think) and I'd not eaten for a … Continue reading Restaurants: Liguria, Santiago, Chile
Hotels: Ibis Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Santiago wasn't all glamour at the Crowne Plaza! It involved 7 nights at the luxuriously appointed Ibis of Destiny (em, or not...) Having said that, the area it was in is very nice - Providencia - a slightly posher neighbourhood with more shops and (nice) street life than near Banquedor, which is where the Crowne … Continue reading Hotels: Ibis Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Eating Out: Restaurant Japon, Santiago, Chile
This isn't a great review. See, I'm not always hyper-enthusiastic. I got food poisoning about 24-36 hours after eating here and I don't know if it was from here or one other place, but I was sick for 2 weeks. First it was hard to find. It's opposite a Japanese hotel. I went into it … Continue reading Eating Out: Restaurant Japon, Santiago, Chile
SIMs & Mobile Phones: Santiago, Chile
The Pay as you Go SIM card from Three, in the UK, does not function in Chile. That means I was back on the 'find a SIM' trail, which had started in Argentina! I had done some online research and almost all of the visiting SIM hunters had come up against the need to have … Continue reading SIMs & Mobile Phones: Santiago, Chile
