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Neil's Round the World Trip!
I was quite hungover but headed into the city centre with James. We went to an internet cafe and then walked towards the San Cristobel mountain. It is easy to reach the summit, by funicular railway. We sat at the summit and looked down on the spectacular views of Santiago and the Andes which are just over to the left when you are sitting on the summit. There is a statue of the Virgin Mary which towers over the city. We walked through a dodgy area on the way back and were repeatedly asked by several guys if we wanted drugs.
Earlier today on our way to the hill, we went into a shop to buy some water. I brought the bottle to the counter and the shop assistant asked me for a higher price than it said on the fridge door. I asked why I had to pay more than the price. The shop assistant retorted "porque extranjero precio". Cheeky! A higher price if you're not Chilean!
We then walked back to the hostel via the various suburbs and then decided to buy food from the super mercado (for BBQ). However we decided not to eat tonight as we weren't hungry. We headed to bed early at 10pm really tired!
There's a Scouse guy in our dorm called Dean. He supports Everton and has come from Peru. He said the Macchu Pichu trail is amazing! There is a Chilean team called Everton started by Scouse immigrants so he's making a pilgrimage there! He also told me he'd only been beaten up once and that was in Airdrie when he was asked "Rangers or Celtic?" and he said the wrong team. Yeah, they were dirty Rangers fans...
I was woken up later in the night by an Irish guy fighting with a Chilean guy because he'd eaten his block of cheese!
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