Did you know there are 215,000 dogs in Santiago

There are 215,000 dogs on the streets of Santiago. Enough dogs to fill three football stadiums. They produce about 40 tons of .... every day.

Niamh (the image of the virgin Mary)

Bellavista hostel is in a nice area of the city and has a pool table, massive telly and lots of other fun things. Almost too comfortable, you could easily spend the day there.

Went up to San Cristable hill/mountain for the view of the skyline on Sunday. Smog can be bad in Santiago so its a good day to go with alot of things closed and not as much traffic on the road. Met Tom from Dublin (Finglas) in the hostel and he headed up there with us.

After a nice walk (we didn´t take train) you get to the big white statue at the top of the hill. Mass was on, which was why we went there in the first place of course. Some difference to at home, loads of people dressed up in these colourful costumes, people beating drums. Not as morbid an affair as at home.  

On San Cristobal (Santiago behind)

The shadow of Niamh´s feet in Santiago