Around Copiapó

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Some photos of the view and whatnot from here in Copiapó...
also, today (being last sunday... sorry for the delay) Osvaldo gave me a historical tour of Copiapó.... which we're going to have to do again when I understand more spanish! I did actually manage to understand the majority though... anyway some of the pictures are from today.

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Photos

mountains in the morning
this view of the mountains is from the stadium near my school

sunset
this was taken from downtown near el centro

statues
don't really know who these statue people are but i believe they have something to do with the mines...

down the street
this street is off of the one i live on

Iglesia
this i believe is the oldest church in Copiapó

Iglesia 2
another church, also catholic

Statue
this is outside the first church and this man was a poor man who made a fortune in the mines by discovering a new mineral if i understood the story corectly

Railway station
the first rail road in Chile

Colorful Houses
actually they might be stores...

Other side of the tracks
literally

Grafitti and Street Dogs
...are both really common here

Big blue sky
there are very few trees and a lot of the buildings are low... so the sky always seems HUGE. sometimes it reminds me a little of the sky in New Mexico.

Low sun on the mountains
its really gorgeous when its nearing sunset because the mountains get all orangey or pinky purpleish and whatnot... this pic really doesnt do them justice!

More mountains
sense a theme?

Comments

[Kathy]

Juan Godoy
The bronze statue is of Juan Godoy who was a poor woodcutter who accidently discovered a vein of silver in the mountains. A jeweler told him it was lead and paid him a small amount for each piece he brought it. Eventually people followed him and developed the mine. Not sure if he ever profitted from it.

[TamiC]

re: Joan Godoy
well Osvaldo told me that he became very very rich... so im asuming he proffited from it.

[Rhian]

Cool!
Great to see some pictures of your whereabouts! Make sure you get up into those mountains sometime to look down on the town, they look awesome!