My flatmate Ileana, from Mexico, and her best friend in Chile, Hector, invited me to go on a day trip to the Andes on Saturday.
YES.
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- Rio Mapocho, which goes to Santiago.
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- Rio Yeso.
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- Deciduous trees, not pine, like in the Rockies.
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- Me!
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- El tunel Tinoco. An abandoned train tunnel…
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- …that people actually go into.
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- Pretty cool!
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- As we went higher, there were fewer trees…
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- …until there were NONE.
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- Abandoned mining camp.
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- I mean…come on.
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- There’s apparently an extraordinary view into another valley higher up, but it was Easter weekend, and this is as far as we got!
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- Yet another river!
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- On the way back down.
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- This is the town of San Jose, in the national park San Jose Y Maipo. Kind of like Banff.
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- There was a huge festival and craft sale on for Easter.
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- MOUNTAINS.
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- Seriously.
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- Sunset.
