Day 1 – Arrived in Chile around lunchtime after a long trip through the night. First impression – CULTURE SHOCK! We step off the plane and into crowds of people coming at us from all directions speaking to us in Spanish. I know for sure there were taxi drivers, car rental agencies and I am not sure what else as I couldn’t understand one word they were saying. Thankfully I already had the rental car booked, and the agent spoke English fairly well which made things easier.