After the intially daunting experience of arriving in Santiago with no Spanish and no real idea of the value of the Chilean peso, I spent the next five days there to find my feet and build up my resistance to being fleeced - I would have been a very soft target that first night. Without going into too much detail, I found Santiago pleasant enough for a few days, and a good safe place for a greenhorn backpacker to become accustomed to his lifestyle change, but at the same time it lacked a whole lot to do and see. I have been told by friends who have travelled to Europe that one can get 'all museum-ed out' and I reached that point halfway through the first museum. Perhaps that is an obtuse observation, but I imagine
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