It's back to Santiago and kill time before our cruise begins. We arrived back at the hotel during the 3rd quarter of the Super Bowl and got to watch the remainder in the hotel lounge. We had eaten in this lounge many times and the tv was always showing futbol. I'm not sure all the viewers in the lounge were familiar with football.
I had to deal with a minor dental problem -- a crown fell out while eating on the plane to Easter Island. Our Globus guide Carolina arranged a dental visit to one of the private clinics. It took two trips, since the first dentist didn't have the required cement to glue in my 45 year old gold crown. Globus and Carolina provided amazing service, above and beyond.
Near the clinic. This would probably stop your heart as you pulled in. That's actually $42 Chilean Pesos, which is about 4 cents. So, US$2.50/hour.
There was an OXXO mini market next to the hotel, and we stopped for drinks and snacks one evening. From above these steps seem to make no sense as there are angles and partial steps throughout.
But when viewed from below, the handicap ramp is embedded into the stairs. Pretty nifty.
On our free morning we again walked to the cable car. On the way, service for bike riders was available.
This time we're riding the cable car up to the top of hill.
Playground for kids
Turns out there was a whole lot of city on the other side of the mountain. Santiago is 8 million people, so they must be somewhere.
At the top there's the statue of the Virgin Mary, as well as a chapel and other statuary. And also snacks and gift shops.
We took the funicular down.
Back to the bottom in about 3 minutes. We took the cable car up just after it opened at 10am. We came down the funicular about 11. The line to go up on the funicular looked to be about an hour long. "Arrive early, arrive early, arrive early."
We took a long and hot walk back to the hotel. A mural along the way.
And there was shopping.
A fun day. It's on to the ship tomorrow.
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