Fri 30th Nov: 'Had a good coach journey on Wednesday night from Pucon and arrived spot on at 7:30 yesterday morning in Santiago. The hostel was only ten minutes from the centre of the city. I couldn't check in until after 9:30, so had breakfast, a shower and freshened up while I waited. As they didn't have a room available until later on in the day, I left my luggage there and walked to the centre of the city, found the tourist information centre, and visited some of the main sights: the Governor's Palace, Santiago City Cathedral and the National Museum. The latter was very interesting giving a history of the country with lots of original artefacts; it did however leave out much of their recent history. The city itself is a crowded, busy, lively place
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