Friday, March 12, 2010

As I had checked out and didn't plan to return to the hostel I though I had better finish off all my food, I had a single tin of tune, a packet of tomato sauce for pasta, no pasta, half a pack of diced steak and two buns. I decided to make a semi soup thing out of it all. I mixed the sauce with some spices, some onion powder, some bicarbonate of soda to take away some of the acidity, I added the tuna and stirred it through till it was all mixed in and I added some dried sweet basil. I stupidly forgot the meat so I fried it separately then added to the mix, cooked it through and put it in a bowl. It was delicious, for a quick dish made out of left over things it was really nice and the bread made it into a very filling meal. I didn't have anything to do the rest of the day until 15.00 when I was due to meet a friend I met in Valdivia for some beer and more drinks. I went and wasn't surprised by the Chilean reliability again, he never turned up so I went for a walk and the back to the hostel, where he had kindly left a message at the reception explaining why he hadn't turned up, something to do with university classes starting and finishing later than expected. Fair enough I suppose. I still had time to burn before I went to Sams, I looked into where he lived, it was very far away, an area of Santiago called Vitacura, it is like the west end of London, similar to for example Chelsea. I had to get the metro from near the hostel about five stops then a long bus ride. When I got out of the metro I walked for a few minutes to find the bus stop, it was further than I thought, I waited for the bus, got on then couldn't get on, I tried to get on for free, couldn't, tried to pay on the bus, couldn't, I needed this fucking card like an oyster card in London. The card can be topped up loads of places but can only be bought at metro stations, what a shit concept, it made me very angry and I was forced to walk, all of the taxis that went past were full even when the sign stupidly said free! I had to walk all the way, it was very far, in the hot evening sun and I was carrying my backpacks so had the added burden of a huge weight on my back. Over an hour and a half later I arrived, very tired, sweaty and angry. I went in said hello to everyone, caught up with Sam's mother and brother, had a bite to eat.

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