Santiago - Chillin´ in Chile

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Looking back I feel like Arica got shafted in my last blog entry. And it was really quite a nice little place! So i felt i should mention it again…check out the pictures in my last blog..anyways… we survived our 28 hour bus ride from Arica to Santiago. Wow, we had really really low expectations for how it was going to be. But it wasn´t actually that that that horrible. I mean, it was bad. But it wasn´t as bad as the other buses that we’d been on that smelt disgusting or had no leg room. So we dealt with it…Spanish dubbed movies, horrible cheese and salami sándwiches (for breakfast lunch and dinner) and everything else that came with 28 hours of confinement.

So here we are, in Santiago. We are staying with Carmen, a lady who Callie´s aunt and uncle met 35 years ago while travelling in Chile. They have not seen each other since then, but have kept in contact this whole time! Through letters and emails as technology improved! So cool! So we are staying with her, her husband and their family. They have 4 children…over the age of 26..living with them! It´s pretty chill, we play sudoku and eat alot. Haha, me and callie have explored the city for past few days and it´s pretty nice! I´m ready to move on..but they are having this big BBQ on Saturday and have convinced us to stay until then. So we will be heading out on Sunday morning to Valparaíso and Vina del Mar (2 hours from Santiago, in Chile, on the coast) before we head over to Argentina.. I miss you all! And love all your comments and messages - thank you!

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Photos

Government buildings
and canons..obviously! That´s Vincente, Carmen´s son..our guide for the day!

The guard
There was a cute one, but we took a picture with this one instead. Haha. He scared us. We were told not to talk to him!

Cool Statue in Santiago
On our tour through the city by Carmen´s son - Vicente..we saw some cool statues and buildings

Cathedral
In Santiago, this Church was built in 1551! And inside it´s beautiful...but the pictures didn´t turn out very well

In the garden
this garden was in the middle of the city..so beautiful!

The garden
Peeking through the gates...

The picture i was taking
This is the picture i was taking when callie was unknowingly taking a picture of me! It was such a beautiful garden in the middle of the city. I felt like i was in THE ¨secret garden¨

The first contraption we took up...
This took us to the top..and then the teleferico took us across two peaks!

Corny pose
at the top of Santiago! The metropolitan park, there´s a zoo there too. But we abstained from that..

Ohh, what a view!
Corny shot from the telepherico - the little death boxes we were in, that were dangling from a line..and SO SO SO hot. we almost died of heat in there

Our little sweaty death boxes
Telefericos in the Metropolitan Park in Santiago - you could see everything!!

You can´t ever stop scanning!
This reminded me of those people who take pictures from up top at Kits pool. The wierd ones that we have to go up and talk to. I hoped they wouldn´t send someone to talk to us. The lifeguard was pretty cute though..might not have been too bad.

View from the very top of the Metropolitan park
All of Santiago...almost

Cool statues in the park
I tried to climb onto him..but the little step beside him was not firmly attached to the ground. I fell.

Callie was smarter
She opted to just pose as he did, rather than climb on him.

Another Pretty church
The architecture here is so nice. I´m always finding myself wanting to whip out my camera!!

Comments

[Aunty Eva]

Glad you made it
Glad you got to Santiago OK and didn't meet another lady like the one on that last bus. Sounds like a great time. Enjoy!

[Jenn Werk]

Hey dude, you make life back here in Vancouver seem dull. As I sit here working on my first two assignments of the term, i wish i was there with you on your travels. I'm suprised you didn't punch that lady who stole your sunscreen, i would've been so furious!!! haha well be safe, don't electrocute yourself again, we miss you!

[Catherine]

Santiago loks sooo gorgeous!

[Chugalug]

I agree with Jenn, suprised you didn't punch that lady in the face, she deserved it. Nice pics. keep up the blog, its awesome!

[ron labrosse]

fat man
lolo you are having wayyyyyyy to much fun i'm totally jealous. big hug and kisses from grand'ma and me. take good care of yourself.