Santiago
Arrived safely in Santiago after a long flight. Quick stopover for 40mins in Auckland was nice to stretch the legs. Plane seemed to be full of other backpackers.
Arrived in Santiago at lunchtime and just as i was about to resort to catching a bus into town, I bumped into Jose (HC jopepecar) so we jumped on the bus and transferred to the Metro to Providencia to meet Domingo (HC disandov). Stayed at Domingos apartment with 2 other HCers, a swiss bloke Andreas, and an American girl Eve. Domingo was off to a ski patrol meeting, so the rest of us cooked up a feed and then had a beer in one of the many street side bars and cafes in Providencia.
Next day the other HCers were off to other parts of the continent, so i wandered around town and saw all the sights... Plaza de Armas, cerro San Lucia which had a good view over town in the morning but was too much fog to see the surrounding mountains. But by 5pm it had cleared up again so i ran back up and could see the mountains surrounding the city. On the furthest mountain (apparently over 6000m) the snow was clearly visible, and must desired in the head of Santiago.
Went to an small club with Domingo that night but it didnt get cranking until 2pm so we were pretty tired by this stage.
In the morning, Domingo was off to La Serena for the weekend so i transferred over to the La Casa Roja hostel. I then caught the fernicular up cerro San Cristobel and walked to the virgin mary statue which was perched on the summit. Trekked along underneath the cable car towards the swimming pools, but for $12 these were given a miss dispite having a spectacular view.
Got to the bottom of the mountain to Providencia. While walking to the metro station i was impressed by 4 girls that left the window washers along Northbourne Avenue for shame. They were dressed in skimpy bikinis, and proceeded to do fairly amazing acrobatics with throwing one of the girls up in the air and catching her again just centemeters from the concrete. Dont know if our mate in Dickson would be up for this though.
Arrived in Santiago at lunchtime and just as i was about to resort to catching a bus into town, I bumped into Jose (HC jopepecar) so we jumped on the bus and transferred to the Metro to Providencia to meet Domingo (HC disandov). Stayed at Domingos apartment with 2 other HCers, a swiss bloke Andreas, and an American girl Eve. Domingo was off to a ski patrol meeting, so the rest of us cooked up a feed and then had a beer in one of the many street side bars and cafes in Providencia.
Next day the other HCers were off to other parts of the continent, so i wandered around town and saw all the sights... Plaza de Armas, cerro San Lucia which had a good view over town in the morning but was too much fog to see the surrounding mountains. But by 5pm it had cleared up again so i ran back up and could see the mountains surrounding the city. On the furthest mountain (apparently over 6000m) the snow was clearly visible, and must desired in the head of Santiago.
Went to an small club with Domingo that night but it didnt get cranking until 2pm so we were pretty tired by this stage.
In the morning, Domingo was off to La Serena for the weekend so i transferred over to the La Casa Roja hostel. I then caught the fernicular up cerro San Cristobel and walked to the virgin mary statue which was perched on the summit. Trekked along underneath the cable car towards the swimming pools, but for $12 these were given a miss dispite having a spectacular view.
Got to the bottom of the mountain to Providencia. While walking to the metro station i was impressed by 4 girls that left the window washers along Northbourne Avenue for shame. They were dressed in skimpy bikinis, and proceeded to do fairly amazing acrobatics with throwing one of the girls up in the air and catching her again just centemeters from the concrete. Dont know if our mate in Dickson would be up for this though.
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