Santiago, Chile to Toronto, Canada
We are on our way back to Canada. It was a nice visit to South America. By reputation, we were a bit apprehensive about the Latino countries. We view them as poorer countries and therefore maybe more backward. And perhaps these are more dangerous places. Indeed, in some places we were advised on what to do and not to do in terms of travelling or be out on foot. But in many places, we were told that it is safe to go anywhere and we did just that. That really is not different from North America.
Our experience as a group has been very positive. We met many of the locals who are extremely nice and patient with these non-Spanish speaking people who are pointing all the time. We all learned some Spanish along the way.
In all the cities that we went through, there was no problem with traffic fighting with people, again imagined from stereotyping South American cities. Instead, drivers and pedestrians are courteous and patient. We know that they have to be when 24 of us are crossing the road all spread out.
All in all, this has been a very fun trip and a very good experience with a different culture. It definitely corrects some of my misconception about Latin America.
Our travelling group came from London, Ont., Toronto, Montreal and Hong Kong. We really had a fun time together. Lots of laughs and made some new friends. Nice!
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