Santiago II

Like any big city, Santiago made us walk a lot, which is always nice since it gives you a feel of what the city is like.

We walked around looking for a place to do our laundry.

We walked around looking for the local market.

Which we finally found, and it was just amazing.

Seriously, so good.

We walked around to see the few sights.

Like the ugly and dirty river.

We walked around (many times) looking for decent coffee.

We walked around to get Chey some new flip-flops (not using the Australian word because the internet is unforgiving).

We walked up and down a hill to go to a nice swimming pool to cool down a bit and rest from the crazy heat of the Chilenian summer.

People soup.

And in walking we found that the city is actually not boring, but vibrant in a discrete way.

We enjoyed the colours, sounds and smells from the market; and above all we discovered that people from Santiago are extremely smiley and helpful and easy to approach.

And we took some interesting shots.

Like this lady melon.

Or this cat, the president of the market people.

The President cat, chilling by the capsicums.

This was made the day Chey and I discovered we could edit pictures online.

Chey is so cool that he bought that melon juice because
it matched his t-shirt.

Boy and his beloved cat.

Most random walls near our hostel were covered with art.

A creepy abandoned old house.

Pretty street art.

"Funicular", or an elevator that takes you to the top of Santiago, the Cerro San Cristobal.

Chey and a view of Santiago. That mist you see is actually pollution :/

Enjoying the city view and the crazy summer heat.

Strange and sort of cute water source.

However, we stayed there only for a few days to recharge our batteries after so much hitchhiking adventures.

Actually,  I couldn't wait to get up north, to one of the (many) cities of my dreams: Valparaiso.