Is it Saturday? The last few days have been a blur. It took around 17 hours to arrive finally in Chile! Iain has become an expert in a few areas: 1) using the Santiago Metro 2) finding car lots 3) looking for faults and leaks in every vehicle he sees. The last few days have been a lot of work. On Thursday, we both got a Chilean identification called a RUT and have searching for vehicles for the last two days. We have found a few cars of interest: blazers, pajeros, gallopers...but nothing beats the late 80's subarus. The greatest highlight has been the Subaru Loyale, 1989. Its a good thing Iain knows about cars because there have been problems and leaks....most travellers think we are a little loco to buy a car in Chile (pronounced Chil-eh), but mainly because you have to know the system and have a little time and perseverance.
I am hoping we will buy something sooner than later so we can get out of the city and into the fun. Santiago is a pretty nice city, but trying hard to be 'first class' and losing authenticity in its efforts. We have both found the American vibes fairly cheesy and we think we spotted a Montana's in Bellavista last night.
Fingers crossed for a Subaru tomorrow! Many of them, and hopefully an abundance of parts if they are needed. Other highlights include: fig, nut, and honey ice cream, friendly people that offer English lessons in exchange for Spanish, not much English and a lot of Spanish, warm weather, and wine!
More soon. Hasta Luego!
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