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Because I stayed up pretty late the previous night, and my obvious drunk roommate constantly made big noises on his bed, I decided not to go to Valparaíso but continued to explore Santiago more in depth.
Besides doing the tourist things, I had to run errands for my later journey. Fortunately I was able to find a pair of gloves before summer came, also I bought the English version of Lonely Planet. I had thought it was very expensive and heavy when I was in New York, but then I found it was worth the price and weight when I knew so few about this continent.
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| Lunch - Pork chop |
There were many street vendors selling strawberries on the street in Santiago, though they looked very red and smelt very good, they were not very sweet.
When I reached Rio Mapocho and took out my camera to take photos, a man suddenly walked next to me and warned me not to expose my camera out in public, I was so scared and put it back at once.
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| Rio Mapocho |
Usually I did not pay extra precaution of my belonging when I went travelling, basically if my backpack got robbed, everything would be gone. However, South America is notorious of its dangers. I made an exception to add a lock on my backpack, and separated my credit cards and cash into different places. As a result, I forgot to bring cash today but my credit card. And the funicular station to Metropolitan Parque did not accept credit card, I needed to run back and forth just to find an ATM. What a waste of time. Damn it!
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| Tranquil area |
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| Funicular |
On the hill I could see the panoramic view of Santiago, but the cover of the infamous smog made the city so blurry. It took a while for me to wait for the sunset under Cerro San Cristobal. Suddenly, an old guy walked to me with his camera, I immediately thought he wanted to ask me to take photo for him, instead he asked me to take a photo of ME with his camera. It was kinda awkward at first, but then I nodded. Luckily he did not continue to disturb me and I could enjoy the sunset moment all by myself! (Actually I am really afraid to talk to some person who can not shut themselves up).
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| Panoramic View of Santiago |
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| Flower in the summer |
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| Cerro San Cristobal |
Anyways, the metro of Santiago is quite strange, because it skips some stations without any sign. As a result I took the train 3 times but could not get off to Bellas Artes. When I took it the 4th time, I finally realized the red circle and the green circle outside of the train were the indications, it could not be more sneaky!
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| Summer in the Southern Hemisphere |
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| Sunset |
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