Pictures from my arrival in Santiago de Chile and around town.
Santiago is a great city and I look forward to returning for the great
seafood, scenery and people.
Click on the image and be a bum.
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5:00am arrival at my hotel.
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Same picture next day.
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Another mouses view of a Cathedral, in the Santiago Center.
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Cathedral, Santiago.
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Church graffiti.
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Guy on the upper left waiting for his laundry to dry.
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Park by the river.
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kitties, from the lower right side of the statue in the previous picture.
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In the large central market, cool place. It kind of reminded me of the Pike Place Market in Seattle.
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Those things don't look very appetizing.
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Lots of yummy seafood in this place, "Donde Augusto" is the name for most of the restaurants.
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Still inside the market.
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Outside the market.
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Wreaths being watered.
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Just a large event building near the market.
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The university has a tradition where the Freshmen dress as bums, beg for money and use the proceeds to throw the Sophomores a party.
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Another downtown church.
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Mall in the town center.
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Statue in center.
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Freshmen bums bathing.
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Poser bums.
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Brick thing.
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West side of town.
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There's a big hill on the south end of town with a park and a great view of the city.
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...and a pool.
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A bit of the veiw.
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This is visible from the south side of the city.
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More park stuff.
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Still at the park on the hill.
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One of the many fountains in Santiago.
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Another.
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My thrifty hotel room in Santiago.
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"ProMoto" shop in Santiago on Vitacura 9096. Very helpful guys.
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Restaurant where the menu of the day was always good.
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