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Photos from Santiago de Chile so far...


This is the view of the Andes from the plane on the way in. The sun was rising and I had a front row seat looking east of the cordillera. Unfortunately, I caught a big of wing in the frame, but at least I wasn't directly over the wing. The next picture is off the sun rising.

Here is the view from the departamento that I am renting. The mountains dwarf the city far more than is evident in the photos. They are massive and much farther away than they appear. If you look in the distance you almost make out some towns at the foothills which are still about an hour or more away from my apartment by car.





Here is the front of El Palacio de la Moneda. This is the where the President has her office. It is also the famous location of Salvador Allende's death when Pinochet and the armed forces (with the help of the US govt) took over on 11 Septiembre 1973.

You enter from the other side in front of Plaza de Armas. The guards are very friendly and happy to recount history and speak to tourists.






Inside La Moneda are two courtyards. One is de los canones and the 2nd (pictured here) is full of orange trees and has a fountain in the center where people throw coins over the shoulders into the water for good luck.