As mentioned in our last blog we booked a flight to Santiago - the capital, which is about halfway up the country. Santiago was hot and sticky which for about a day was very pleasurable as the South had been anything but. We climbed the hill in centre of the city to get a good view of the smoggy, sprawling mess that is Santiago. We explored the central administrative part of Santiago which is very grand, with a great central square which is very well used. We had a great lunch at the fish market at a place called Deniss. He turned out to be quality entertainment. The old part "Barrio Brazil" was lovely, really nice archtecture and very relaxed, however as a whole the city was overwhelming so we moved very quickly on to the
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