ABOUT SANTIAGO
Santiago is a
big city under the Andes mountains and 100 km far from the sea cost. Hence the mountains
are his beautiful background and from every corner you can enjoy their view. The
clima is hot but dry, unlike Buones Aires, consequently you can visit it in the summer
without being soaked by your sweat. To me Santiago looked quite exotic, with his long
boulevard ("Avenidas") and his palm trees. My main memory of Santiago are the
countless yellow buses driving crazily with
the people hung and leaning out from the opened doors. But also the polished metro stations where, while
you're walking, there's always somebody who is cleaning your footprints behind you.
You'll surprise by the difference between the rich part, the northern one, characterised
by brand new shining skyscrapers and
the popular part (the southern one) definitely poorer. Anyway in both of them I've had no
problems, on the opposite, I found locals very nice and helpful.
PHOTOS
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The view of
Santigo |
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Cerro
S. Lucia: an exotic hill rising up in Santiago downtown |
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The
typical yellow buses in Avenida O'Higgins |
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Chileans
bathing in a fountains in Santiago downtown |
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A
view of Santiago downtown from the Cerro S. Lucia |
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The
modern rich part of Santiago: mainly skyscrapers. |
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The
brand new metro in Santiago |
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