07. March – 10. March 2011
The first evening in Santiago we went for some beer and dinner to check out Barrio Brasil – a neighborhood near our hostel with lots of bars and restaurants. The next day Micha and me walked for a long time through Santiago. Downtown was very modern and felt like a western city with Starbucks, McDonalds and Co. In the afternoon we went to Cerro Santa Lucia - the park was nice and the view over the city was quite good. 
Unfortunately, due to the smog,it wasn't possible to see the mountains around the city. Wednesday morning it was time to go to the airport to welcome Ruediger to Chile.
Ruediger will be traveling with Micha and me for the next five weeks mainly in Patagonia. DANKE fuers Wanderschuhe,... mitbringen! In the afternoon we spent some time walking around Santiago - trying to find a good Pisco Sour - and planning the next few weeks. The last day in Santiago, Ruediger and I went to the cemetery. Very depressing experience. Rows of rows of gray concrete walls and tombs. Although Lonely Planet recommends visiting the cemetery it's definitely not a nice place to visit and I was glad when we left.Santiago seemed to be a very modern city. The streets are clean, the subway runs until midnight, there are a lot of business people walking around downtown at lunch time, every neighborhood has plenty of cafes and bars. And there seemed to be a lot of universities all over town. But there are no cheap set lunches or small corner stores that sell everything like in Ecuador and Peru.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment