The first stop on our backpacking through Chile/Peru trip was to go back to Santiago on a overnight bus from Valdivia. (Total time spent on bus so far: 10 hrs.) I was here for a week already so I had already seen a lot of it, but there was one thing I hadn't done yet. Walk up the hill/mountain San Cristobal which is basically in the middle of the city. There is a tram to the top, but we decided to walk and it was great. At the top there is a large statue of the Virgin Mary and you can see the whole city if it is not too foggy/smoggy. It was a little bit of both of those on this day, but not too bad. After that we went to the Plaza and enjoyed some more Santiago scenery. Santiago is pretty huge and ugly, but with some really old, nice parts. Since I like making pointless comparisons: Santiago= Los Angeles of Chile (or if you like inside jokes: of the central coast). We were only here for a day and did not stay the night, got on another bus in the morning. In the pictures there are viewd of San Cristobal from the bottom, before we walked up it and from the top looking down. The graffiti says something like: "poor in material things, rich in spirit." nice.
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Nice translation there Kevin. I like inside jokes, especially when Jacob Wick and Maria Taylor are involved.
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