Postintgs will be very limited as we are now in the desert and have very hit and miss internet connection. So here are a few photographs of Santiago. We found it quite a disappointing capital as the smog is trapped by the Andes and severage folows down the main river that separates the city (the equivalent of the Thames. Still we enjoyed a day's sightseeing taking the funicular up Cerro San Cristabel to see the virgin (the equivalent of that in Rio). We then had an excellent fish lunch in the central fish market where there was a huge choice of restaurants.
The following day we took ourselves out of the city to Valparaiso by tube and local bus (both of which are exceptionally cheap). It is a city of two halves wih a flat coastal plain containing the large port and administration centre. This then ran into the pre Andes where all houses seem to cling to frantically to the sides of the hills and mountains and where the best pedestrian access is via a series of ageing funiular. We were well rewarded with our trips up. We are now at the Atacama desert and have a whole new range of experiences to tell you about.
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