Santiago de Chile Daily Photo

Santiago is Chile's capital and largest city and has become one of Latin America's most developed metropolitan areas. I invite you to take a look!

21 December 2006

The indigenous people monument

This monument, inaugurated in 1992 is dedicated to the "Pueblo Indígena" (Indigenous people), who originally populated Chile. It...

20 December 2006

The Christmas spirit

I took this picture today at the Chilean Main Post Office. Correos de Chile (our public postal service), organizes this event every year, wh...

19 December 2006

The empty fountain

I found this empty fountain in the Indian Square I showed you here . It only had some dry leaves inside. It really would add a nice touch to...

16 December 2006

100th Post!

Today I'm celebrating my 100th post! I want to show you the Teresa de los Andes Sanctuary, located in Los Andes, around 80 Km north from...

15 December 2006

The Falabella Palace

Today, walking on the Pedro de Valdivia Avenue, I saw the beautiful Christmas decorations of the Falabella Palace, which houses the Providen...

14 December 2006

"Welcome to paradise"

Finishing my Sao Paulo series, I wanted to show you the "real" objetive of my trip... To rest peacefully in one of the many beauti...

13 December 2006

A nordic tradition in the tropic

The Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo is a very nice commercial street. There were many decorated buildings, like the Real Bank. It's funny t...

12 December 2006

The anorexic building

In the "Paulista" Avenue in Sao Paulo I saw this very thin building. It's quite weird and made me wonder about its safety. As ...

11 December 2006

The Andes from above

I took this picture during my flight to Sao Paulo. You can see the Andes Mountain Range from above, always snowy and majestic, when we were ...

06 December 2006

A Merry Square

This is a small part of Santiago's main square, the Plaza de Armas. As you can see, Christmas spirit has arrived, with a big tree just i...

03 December 2006

A new tobacco law

Some weeks ago, our Senate approved a very restrictive law against tobacco. It includes the prohibition to smoke in public places and the ob...

30 November 2006

The White Horse

There's a popular chilean child song called "Caballito Blanco" (Little white horse). The white horse in the picture has verses...

28 November 2006

The golden horse

This golden horse has a very nice face and is a good addition for the horse collection I've been showing you. Tomorrow I'll show you...

27 November 2006

The horse and the fakir

Do you remember the fakir in Apoquindo Avenue ? Well, I found this painted horse making him company. He's part of a charity campaign and...

26 November 2006

Another lazy sunday

Yesterday I was capturing some painted horses with my camera and I found this statue at the entrance of a restaurant in El Bosque Avenue. It...

25 November 2006

Some very colorful horses

Until Christmas, you can see in El Golf area (Las Condes District), many horses painted by different artists. The goal is to collect some mo...

21 November 2006

Can you guess?

I really liked this picture. The contrast of yellow, blue and red is quite bright. Can you guess what's the object shown in the pictur...

20 November 2006

The cyclist on the hill

This one is an oldie, but I thought it would be a good successor to yesterday's picture. I caught this cyclist fixing his bike on the Sa...

19 November 2006

Santiago under sunday smog

This is definitely not one of Santiago more popular views... Smog is a big problem in our capital. This picture was taken during a hot sunda...

18 November 2006

The letter to the widow

This statue shows Arturo Prat, one of Chile's greatest heroes, who died during the Naval Battle of Iquique, on May 21, 1879 (which is pa...

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