Chile

Today we took a half day tour of Santiago. Saw lots of sights and heard much of the history of this country. Santiago has 6 million people in a small valley that is incredibly smoggy due to the thousands of cars and trucks that ply its streets each day. It's a bit like St Paul's Corinth, having an image of great religiosity with many churches
and a beautiful Cathedral, train stations named after saints and even one named Salvation (thought no doubt named after Salvador Allende) but one gets the impression it's as secular as any other city. There's lots of impressive architecture and a feel of great vitality among the people walking the streets.













The local people, the Mapuchu have made this sculpture to express their feelings of disconnection since the coming of the Spanish.