Catching up on the blog

So for the sake of catching up the Blog I have decided to write a little note of the occurances over the few weeks.
We arrived in Mexico City after hanging out in Mazatlan for about 48 hours. We had thought that Mexico City was unsafe and so were not thrilled to go, even if only for the two days we planned.  However, we arrived in a metropolitan city of friendly, polite and gracious people. We were able to safely explore the city throughout the day and into the night.  It was great exploring a culture we had thought we would be familiar with but actually were not. Mexico City shocked and amazed us beyond our: we thought we would find a dirty, impoverished, crime ridden city, but instead we found an amazing culture with great food. We visited the amazing Teothihaucan Pyramids and walked as much of the city as we could. Our one regret is that we stayed only two days. After those few days in Mazatlan and Mexico city we slept in the Mexico City airport and then headed to Santiago, Chile.

Santiago, Chile
We originally wanted to come to Chile because we thought it would be safer and more exciting than Mexico City- we were wrong on both accounts. However, we currently sit in Santiago have found it to be relatively boring. The city is nice because it is easy to get around and it is clean and it is almost European, and because it is so European it is boring: we already know this culture and were looking for something different. The food is reallllllly bad: the Chilenos eat tons of junk food and mayonaise and nothing is spicy at all. But we have met cool and interesting people.
The future?
On Saturday (it is currently Thursday) we will take a twelve hour bus to Pucon, Chile. Pucon is renowned for its access to major Andean hiking areas and is one of the most visited of the Lakes District towns. Pucon will be our access to Argentina. Next Friday we will meet our long awaited friend, Claire, to continue our journey south to the end of the continent.