Plaza de Armas Santiago

Today started with indecision. I was going to join a walking tour, but then decided not to as I really wanted to go up San Cristobal hill. So I made my way through the city, and crossed the river to take the funicular. Once I got there I learned it was no open today "only" due to "maintenance". However somebody later said it has been closed for …

"Tengo fe en Chile y en su destino"
President Salvador Allende

wednesday february 29th
san cristobal parque

the knife

he grabbed my arm and i said no, no. he pulled out a knife and cut my purse off me. i said no, no por favor still holding onto my purse. he held the knife near my stomach and looked directly into …

Voilà 3 jours que Domi est rentré en France, merci pour ce bout de chemin parcouru ensemble. Diego et moi prenons donc un peu de repos dans la très agréable capitale Chilienne, Santiago. En cette saison estivale, de jolies balades sont à faire dans le centre avec de nombreux monuments, et dans les parcs dont le Metropolitano situé sur la colline …

We are up for breakfast around 10am. What a waste of time – it is instant coffee (which takes us 20 minutes to locate on the table. I am really getting more stupid the longer I am on holiday!) and bread. We fail to locate a toaster. :0(

This morning we spend sometime online and then we wander out and I spy a Chinese restaurant nearby …

Arriving in Santiago we caught a taxi from the airport to our hostel in Bellavista. As it turns out the hostel was only about 6 months old and represented more of a new hotel than a hostel, which was a welcome change to the accommodation over the past couple of weeks. The hostel looked out over an area called Patio Bellavista, which is essentially …

Tak jsme tu. Uz muzete cist i ti, co vas psi nezajimaji - ackoli co si budeme povidat, kdekoli vylezu na ulici, hned nejakeho mam u sebe a drzi se jak kliste az do pristi basty.
Santiago nas uvitalo z pod poklicky smogu, aut tu maji jako v Indii, chaos - nejen dopravni - taky, ale lidi mi pripominaji spis Spanele. Jsou veseli, hravi a hlucni. …

Amazing to repeat my morning walk with the history and story of Chile... Palacio Presidencial (Moneda) where Allende died) was really moving... lovely city, very calm, organized, clean

21/04/2011 - À meia-noite e meia chegou o táxi e rumamos para o aeroporto. Fizemos escala em São Paulo e por volta das 11 horas já estávamos em Santiago. A passagem pela cordilheira dos Andes não forneceu, desta vez, nenhuma vista espetacular pois estava uma neblina muito forte. Já em Santiago pegamos uma van da Transvip que nos levou para o hotel …

... lady in her barber shop. Meanwhile we began exploring finding the old theatre, the Pre-Colombian museum and the  Plaza de Armas. The Plaza de Armas used to be the centre of the town that when they were under attack they would all come down to ...

... centers, strolling through the manicured parks, perfect neighborhoods, and soaking up the thoroughly European ambiance. The central square (Plaza de Armas) of the city has got to be one of the most animated and colorful places we have encountered on ...

... the blue sky and pleasant temperature, the autumn colours and long shadows. We sat on a bench in the Plaza de Armas, the centre of Santiago’s public life and literally the centre of the country - all distances across Chile are measured from here - ...

... life). We marveled at the sophisticated, European-style department stores and fashion boutiques in the pedestrian streets around the Plaza de Armas. Got the bikini, but no boots - it seems that Chilean women are not encouraged to do physical exercise... ...

... the Ministry of Education with new banners and probably new words to their songs of protest. I had a look at the main square, Plaza de Armas. You can imagine my delight when I found a big group of people playing chess in the corner! It cost me a meer ...

... then packed it away again and handed me my single item!!! 20 minutes for a simple purchase!!! We then walked over to the Plaza de Armas. This is a really nice plaza area. This reminds me totally of Spain. It has got that Spanish feel about it with the ...

... we have a great fish lunch in the bustling market which is gerat. Spend the afternoon being very Chilean sitting in the Plaza de Armas watching the locals play speed chess in a bandstand and the world go by. Is about 28 degrees so can´t ...

... , is an indigenous word that stands for "where the Earth ends." More to come on that later.  We also stopped at Plaza de Armas, which is a guide book favorite, not sure why. I had limited interest for any site that did not include a majestic ...

... up to La Moneda, a palace (I think) and walked through that admiring the size and colonial architecture before wandering to Plaza de Armas, town is pretty quiet today until we reach it here and then it is heaving with locals and street sellers. Stop ...

... Pablo!). Update... tonight is Robbie William´s concert here in Santiago and the city is a buzz. In it´s defence, I loved Plaza de Armas... full of music and life. Music is everywhere here including video hits being shown in the tube stations. The ...