Santiago de Chile

Many travelers say that there are not many things to see and do in Santiago. Well, there are many places without much to do but for a city of this magnitude, the grand capital city of the country that wants to appear as a developed western country rather than a traditional Latin American country, I have to give them right. There is not much here.

There is a metro, which can take you around easily but it only really came in use when going to and from the bus stations; I did not have any other places to go. The city is clean and policed but many tourists report crime so one has to be careful. There are also a couple of museums one could spend an afternoon visiting and there are a couple of hills with good views of the metropolitan area. And that’s about as good as it gets ladies and gentlemen. To fill my time with something more useful than sit and stare into a wall all day, I had to take day trips to the nearby cities of Valparaiso and Viña del Mar. They were more tourist-friendly so to say.