Beunos Dias! As many of you have noticed, we're running way behind on getting our blogs published. So the next few will be brief, so that we can get caught up! Andrew here writing this installment, our last in South America. Santiago, Chile....another big city. With the notable exception of Beunos Aires, we had been dissapointed with the capital cities in South America so far. The biggest turnoff is the pollution. You can literally taste the foul air when you arrive, and it sticks in your throat. Our only adventure in this place was to climb up Cerro San Cristobal, the large hill in the middle of town. The view at the top was distressing - you couldn't see very far at all, even though it was a nice clear day. Everything was shrouded in a
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