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Santiago, Chile 2015

After 36hrs, four different flights, and four countries (South Africa, Brazil, Columbia, & Chile) we made it to Santiago, Chile, from Cape Town, South Africa. While we were in Santiago for just over a week we didn’t see a whole lot because I ended up getting influenza A. Which, surprisingly, was a really good thing. Prior to Santiago, we had been in multiple malaria regions of Africa and the symptoms for the flu and malaria are similar. I was so happy to find out I didn’t have malaria; I might be the only person in the world who was ever happy to hear they had the flu!

I really got to know the inside of our hotel room and the staff at the hotel :). Fortunately, our room had a good view of the mountains so I was able to enjoy the scenery even though I was a bit under the weather. We did make it out to the ocean and to the mountains so we did see a very little bit of Chile before we left.

We celebrated one full year of travel outside North America in Santiago! We put on our best clothes (one of our three outfits :P) and had a nice dinner. It’s crazy to think we’ve been gone for a full year! We look forward to going back to Chile and actually seeing the country, meeting people who are not hotel staff, and eating food that is authentic. Next time :).

Enjoy the photos!

Chris W.