Sara Strong and Jimmy Culleton traveled, they stopped at Internet cafes to e-mail their parents and friends. With their permission, we are reprinting a few of their impressions. Lots of speed, very little braking on mountain roads. It was a white-knuckle ride, yet the driver kept his toothless grin the whole way. With the amount of missing teeth down here, there are apparently no dentists within 1,000 miles of this continent.
Hot dogs are popular in Chile.
Ice cream by itself can be considered a well balanced meal. Inevitably on a long bus ride, you will sit next to the man with the worst body odor in the universe. We drove to clubs that were absolutely dead at that hour because it was too early. People have been friendly, and we have never felt threatened in the least. They are currently in Ramadan, a religious holiday.