Today we went sight-seeing in Santiago. It’s not like we had a lot of time left so I thought we should get to it.
We went to Parque por la Paz. It’s is a memorial for all the victims that were tortured during the Pinochet era. This trip took about 3 hours because Nicholas wanted to walk.
Here it is.
Oh and here’s an asian restaurant!
And a dog.
And now I can say I’ve done some Santiago touristing.
“You’re lucky” said our host at the time she picked us up from the airport. “It’s been raining the past few weeks but it looks really nice right now and I think you’ll have beautiful weather all week.”
Well she ought to eat those words. She almost caused me an unnecessary bath.
Cabanas Rapa Nui Orito wasn’t exactly located close to anything, so after I got tired of parading around in my new leis, we packed up and started the 30 minute walk to town.
In that time, the horizon went from light and bright to slightly grey to really grey to grey with definite appearances of impending rain.
I had just enough time to dive back into my plastic bag inside the backpack before a downpour hit everyone.
Fortunately I stayed dry. Can’t say the same for Nicholas or Pokin but at least it was warm. Well at least it was warm for me inside the bag.
They dried up sufficiently by the time we got close to town, and we got to have our first glimpse of the coast up close.
I like this place.
