Ali went way beyond what is expected of a host. Unfortunately on our first night in Santiago walking home at 9 pm Liz my partner was attacked in the street and had her bag stolen with her passport, money, bank cards etc. In attempting to foil the attack Liz was damaged and had to go to hospital. Ali came with us to translate and we did not get back to her apartment until after 2 am. In the morning we had to go to the British Embassy in Santiago to get an emergency passport and also to the Argentina consulate to get a visa. Ali helped us enormously as well as letting us stay two extra nights when we were meant to be in the Atacama desert. Ali is more than a super host and everyone who stays with her will be looked after as if you were family. Many,many thanks from both of us, Liz and Jo.