Rückflug von Calama nach Santiago. Ich lasse die Wüste hinter mir und tauche ein in die Stadt und den Smog.
To be honest: The city is quite challenging! Very busy, very smoggy, loud and then suddenly also very calm. When you just walk around the hoods and inhale the feelings that come along I feel like being in New York. A Latin American style of Western New York. Suddenly a park appears around the corner where I climb a small hill with a beautiful view over Santiago. When the air would be clear you can see the Andes around with snow covered peaks.
Today, I let the intuition flow and go where my senses lead me. I visited 2 musuems to learn more about the city and culture. The culture before Spanish conquerers reached Latin America. I saw a lot of stone vases, sculptures, masks and clothing. Clothing more than 1000 years old from the ancient folks living across South America. I was in Bella Vista where they had an excursion about Santiago during 20th century which also was very interesting. I treid to translate Spanish explanations next to the exhibition elements as photos, paintings, newspapers and so on. A bit challenging 😉
