Our last day in Santiago was spent on a sightseeing tour of the city on a double-decker bus and walking about. There was a huge demonstration in the center of the city. Something about the police arresting a television reporter. This city is incredibly crowded with mostly young people. The area we went to that impressed us the most was El Golf, which is the very modern area where the rich folks live, and they live very well. There is a fabulous shopping mall where the stores are filled with the most beautiful things. It took a lot of will power to get through without buying anything. We did see something very interesting. There were a few children in school uniforms being escorted by the army or police to their school. We surmised that they were the children of government big wigs who needed protection. We really like Chile. It's not at all what people think. Lots of European-looking people as well as a heavy mix of indigenous people.
We were sorry to leave our little B&B and there were kisses and hugs all around. We went by taxi to the central bus station where we boarded another local bus from Santiago all the way to Vina del Mar, a beautiful seaside town which is just like La Jolla, CA. This took us through the Chilean wine country, with more switchbacks down the mountains, but nothing like the trip over the Andes!
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