thanks, yep I'm definetly going with an open mind. Not expecting much other than to improve my Spanish and discover what is supposed to be a very beautiful country. I heard Vina was posh like you say, but Valpariso and Santiago aren't too far away so maybe I'll find something going on there with techno. Hell even if I play once or twice I'll be ecstatic. Either way I'm excited to experience a change and I'll have more time to work on music while my wife is working (I'll be un-employed :). Maybe I'll finally have time to test out more of the wonderfull plug-ins in the BOA production forum...