Santiago#1 - La zona cuica

Today I wandered around the posh zone in Santiago, since I had to also take care of the paperwork and it is all in the same area: Vitacura and Las Condes.

The first thing you notice in the morning are the housekeepers coming down the huge flats, wearing their soap opera uniforms, to take the little and fluffy poodles for a walk. And I saw several during my 30 minute walk... A little further in the morning it is possible to see the posh wifes or the fancy daughters, getting out of the garage driving a big jeep (God knows how...), probably to go shopping.

The main street of this area is full with top-class stores, italian clothes' brands, starbuck cafes, expensive restaurants and... a high voltage power line (!!) crossing the whole avenue, coming from somewhere over the hills and ending at an electrical power station at the end of the avenue. Some poor boys also try to gather some coins by juggling near the traffic lights. One of them did terrible in the end, with the whole 5 balls bouncing on the street.

I also found a huge mall, full of people (guess what... fancy and posh!!), and a fairly good park. But, in general, either you find huge 20-floor towers or nice little houses with garden and pool. It is a very peculiar area and I am pretty sure that the real Santiago is not like this.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Vou comentar este post para ser o primeiro:P já que ninguém ainda o fez. Então man, como é que isso por ai? Sempre compraste a Lumix? Espero q corra tudo bem por aí e ve lá se dás um salto ao Machu Picchu :D
Filipe Pinto

Anonymous said...

Ainda tou intrigada com o "conceito" da guesthouse onde estás. Aposto em negócios obscuros. :) Vê lá se explicas isso num post... ou então vai dando pistas, pá malta tentar adivinhar (se tiver assim tanto interesse, claro).
Miss F

Anonymous said...

Então?? Não há mais posts? Anda aqui uma pessoa a espreitar pa saber o que se passa en el Chile e um gajo destes deixa o pessoal na mão. Vê lá se te sentas e se escreves mais merdas.
kisses
Miss F