Sunday night we were supposed to go to the cinema to see Avatar in 3D, I am quite surprised it is still out here as it has been out in England for months now. I was up for it as it was very cheap at least compared to the prices back home and I was keen on seeing exactly what it is like.
No chance of seeing it though, shortly after 21.00 there was a complete blackout in Santiago, only some lights with back up generators were on. After a while the radio news said what had happened, there had been a problem at the main power grid for most of Chile, it spanned about 2/3 of the country, pretty much the whole of inhabited Chile now had no power. I think I chose the best time to come here for many reasons! By the time the power came on it was gone 23.00 and the final showing at the cinema was 22.00 so I have missed my chance to see it again. Oh well maybe next time I'll have better luck. I was very surprised at how calm it was during the blackout, cars and buses were driving around like normal, the street lamps and traffic lights were still on, its the first time in a lot of peoples live that the whole of Santiago has had a complete blackout let alone most of Chile.