Saturday was a welcome day of rest after the very busy week. Claudia Venegas kindly offered to show me around the city of Santiago and in particular, the views over the city offered by the climb up San Cristobal hill. Several South American cities are overlooked by statues of the Virgin Mary and Santiago is not an exception. Views from the hill gave a real indication of the size of the city (7 million of Chile's 16 million inhabitants live here). The views also allowed a better appreciation of the smog that is often a problem in the city (this largely blocking the view of the Andes in the picure below). Tomorrow I leave for Puerto Montt on an early flight

Buenos noches


Providencia region of Santiago with smog and Andes as companions.