Nightlife report 1
Firstly let me say thankyou to all of you who have posted, it's good to hear from you all and is only when travelling alone like this that you appreciate the company of you friends.
A few days ago I met a Chilean waitress named Natalia, who offered to show me the best nightlife Santiago has to offer. Last night (fri night) I accompanied her and a few of her amigas on a sojourn into the depths of Santiago's night scene. We met at Natalia's work, the 'Vinilo' restaurant where I had met her earlier this week, had a few drinks and from there went into the Centro (city).
In the Centro we went to a club called the tunnel, which predictably was downstairs in a cellar, to be honest I wasn't that impressed but Natalia and co seemed to think it was great and joined in some bizarre dancing that involves throwing yourself thorugh the air screaming (emil you would have loved it). First impressions of the night scene in Santiago: not favourable.
Now to address a few points raised by readers in my last post; Luke there are no LBWs to report and until you mentioned it I hadn't really been looking, also I left that damn T-Shirt at home (ahhh the shame, I will never wear it). Furthermore, nothing on this trip has brought me closer to the Lord...sorry.
Eduardo has gone away for the weekend, I have instructions to look after his cannabis plant! Also he has given me a more comprehensive lesson on using the hot water, so hopefully next time I have a shower it will be at least warm.
Bye for now, thanks for the comments, will post soon.
A few days ago I met a Chilean waitress named Natalia, who offered to show me the best nightlife Santiago has to offer. Last night (fri night) I accompanied her and a few of her amigas on a sojourn into the depths of Santiago's night scene. We met at Natalia's work, the 'Vinilo' restaurant where I had met her earlier this week, had a few drinks and from there went into the Centro (city).
In the Centro we went to a club called the tunnel, which predictably was downstairs in a cellar, to be honest I wasn't that impressed but Natalia and co seemed to think it was great and joined in some bizarre dancing that involves throwing yourself thorugh the air screaming (emil you would have loved it). First impressions of the night scene in Santiago: not favourable.
Now to address a few points raised by readers in my last post; Luke there are no LBWs to report and until you mentioned it I hadn't really been looking, also I left that damn T-Shirt at home (ahhh the shame, I will never wear it). Furthermore, nothing on this trip has brought me closer to the Lord...sorry.
Eduardo has gone away for the weekend, I have instructions to look after his cannabis plant! Also he has given me a more comprehensive lesson on using the hot water, so hopefully next time I have a shower it will be at least warm.
Bye for now, thanks for the comments, will post soon.
posted by Thearley @ 3:42 AM
6 Comments:
At 11:58 PM,
Anonymous said…
I dare you to smoke the whole fuckn thing, cheech and chong style, right before ed gets back from his siesta....or at least put some in a burito
At 2:02 AM,
Thearley said…
Good to hear from you PhattyT, to smoke it would be pointless; the plant is about 8 cm tall and has about 2 leaves. Rob, Santiago is not on the coast so I cannot report on the beaches yet, but if I go out to Valparaiso or Vina del Mar then I'll let you know what they are like. The Mad dancing I may steer clear of, although I am looking into joining a latino dance class- will let you know how that goes, should be funny.
Your friend Orielle is right large swathes of Santiago are very poor, for instance yesterday I had lunch in an Al fresco cafe and twice some children came up to me, more or less begging for some of my meal.
At 8:42 PM,
Anonymous said…
Sad to hear about the unexciting nightlife atmosphere, but i really think you should have joined in...!
I say you should help the lil tree grow by throwing a dead carcas onto it and watch that lil bitch grow.
and last take those dance lessons! we'll have a dance off when you get back!......
At 9:57 PM,
Anonymous said…
you could still garnish a burito with it
At 1:29 AM,
Anonymous said…
go johnny go go!!!
At 12:05 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hey John,
It's quite entertaining to hear about your adventures out of your comfort zone...although sounds like you havn't yet encountered any runnaway camels, phiranas etc such as detailed by that obscure survival guide (Grzby was convinced it would come in handy). The screaming dancing sounds interesting but fun...i'm curious to see how people would react if we tried it out here in oz...
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