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South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago November 10th 2003

Arriving just after noon time at San Pedro de Atacama in the north of Chile, went through customs and immigration at the town itself, the customs guy upon seeing my passport told me he has lots of Filipino friends and that there are many Pinoys in Chile, did not really meet anyone my whole time there but it's a long country(geographically speaking). we were all put into a room, lined us up and have us put our backpacks on the table and they did a quick search, asking questions if we brought drugs, meat, fruits etc. It was done in 3 mins. we were dropped off in the center of town, it was unpaved roads and it's very dusty and dry, we decided to leave our packs at the bus company office while we search for ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago February 16th 2002

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago March 18th 1980

ITA - Dopo una buona notte di riposo, saliamo su un altro cerro, per la messa in un monastero di Benedettini. Anche da qui la vista vale la pena, e riscendendo percorriamo altre strade larghe ed alberate (per Vitacura e Las Condes), fino ad arrivare al quartiere de Los Dominicos. Si tratta di un quartiere molto antico, e carino, ora interamente dedicato all’artigianato, il che gli da purtroppo un’aria da villaggio turístico molto poco autentico. Ci sediamo comunque ad una terrazza nel “pueblito” e ritrovo con piacere le humitas (una sorta di pasta/pure di mais, avvolta in una foglia di pannocchia, e che si puo’ mangiare dolce o salata), che non avevo piu assaggiato dai tempi dell’Ecuador.. Dopo la spesa al Jumbo, ipermercato dalle dimensioni terrificanti in un mall altrettanto agghiacciante, e una siesta piu che ... read more




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