2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/themanwhocan/rss.xml Hi, thanks for coming to take a look and joining in on my adventure to South/Central America. Please leave me a note on the messageboard bit just so I know how you are and what you're up to. My email address is louis_stirling@hotmail.com if you need to contact me about anything. Cheers, Dan. P.S. For those of you not clued in yet, my brother has been in Japan for the last year teaching English as a foreign language. You can find his website here - http://philsaninjapan.blogspot.com/. It's a great read and he's done a fantastic job. http://www.getjealous.com/themanwhocan http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=291219&go=themanwhocan Thursday Rienk, our new roomie Dave (an Aussie, who talked a great deal - lots of nervous energy) and I decided on a bit more culture and headed for the Museum Chileno De Arte Precolombino, purely because the guide book had said that if we had been pressed for time that this was the one we should definitely see and boy, was it worth it. Unfortunately they had a strict no cameras policy and m... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=291219&go=themanwhocan Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=291210&go=themanwhocan My friend Rienk decided that he had had enough of trying to find his elusive motorbike and wanted to experience some of the cultural side of Santiago before his time there was up. It still being my first week I was full of enthusiasm at the slightest hint of new cultural experiences (might change as my journey progresses but I hope it doesn't). After a bit of slightly-less-than-aimless wanderin... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=291210&go=themanwhocan Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=287710&go=themanwhocan So woke up early (possibly due to the couple of hours shut-eye I had treated myself to the previous day), and after breakfast (inclusive but not expansive) headed to try and find the main square of Santiago called Plaza De Armas. It´s very easy to become disorientated when walking and talking so took us (Gordon and I) slightly longer to find it than if we had been paying attention. There are ma... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=287710&go=themanwhocan Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=287182&go=themanwhocan So after speaking with my new Dutch friend (found out his name was Rienk not Rick - a lot more sense), he said that the place to go for any newcomer was the Cerro San Cristobal - which overlooks the whole of Santiago. Armed with the name, location and my trusty guidebook (South America on a shoestring - very apt, don´t you agree) I set off into the unknown. I had passed the metro station on my ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=287182&go=themanwhocan Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=285157&go=themanwhocan When I woke up this morning I looked out of the cabin window to see the Andes under the rising sun over Argentina. Perfect way to start. Even better was that I managed to get on an earlier flight from Heathrow to Madrid. As I had time to kill, I went to the restaurant for a quick snack. There I started talking to a man (Chilean national + half-jewish) who was making the same pilgrimage as me(Lo... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=285157&go=themanwhocan Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=284187&go=themanwhocan So here it is and off I go. For all of you that will miss me, don't worry I'll be home soon enough. Just keep checking on here and I'll do my very best to let you know what I'm up to. All I ask in return is that from time to time you leave me some messages on the messageboard just so I know how you are all getting on wherever you may be. At the moment I'm going through a complete mix of feel... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=284187&go=themanwhocan Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=275963&go=themanwhocan In a fortnight from today I'll be in Chile! So excited. Nearly have all I need to go and am teaching myself Spanish so at least I'll know a little before I get there. Hopefully by the time I come back I'll be a lot better! Just getting the last few bits that I need together and then I'll be ready to start my adventure. Hope you are all being good. Cheers, Dan... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=275963&go=themanwhocan Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=268815&go=themanwhocan Ok, so as promised here is a full itinerary of where I am going / what I am doing (or as much as I know of at the moment). 11/03 - Depart Heathrow 11/03 - Change at Madrid for flight to Chile 12/03 - Arrive in Santiago at 08:50 on a Monday morning Have my first week of accommodation already booked between 12/03 - 19/03 (thought it would be a good idea, gives me a base to start from and aft... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=268815&go=themanwhocan Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=268278&go=themanwhocan Hi everyone, Right so where to begin. Ok last Friday was my final day at JP Morgan and as I may have said before I want to thank everyone there for making my time there thoroughly enjoyable. Had a brilliant night out on Friday as I'm sure people who came will have said. Please don't ask me to tell you all the little details, may have had too much 'tea', but I know my crazy legs were in ful... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=268278&go=themanwhocan Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT