Sorry for the posting delay, but I'm finally writing about my trip to Chile! The country of crystal-clear water...In the past a month and a half, Chile has been treating me really well with its beautiful mountains, rivers, culture and people. I'm deeply in love with this country, to say the least!
We landed in Santiago early in the morning and I just couldn't wait to capture every moment with my newly purchased Canon Rebel T2i DSLR. Starting from the airport all the way to our first stop--San jose de Maipo, my camera "click, click, click" the whole way. Enjoy!
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| Students loading boats right out side of the Santiago Airport |
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| While others are tying up the boats, the rest are unpacking their gears. |
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| The street in urban Santiago |
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On the highway, the Andes seems to be right in front of your wind shield.
I was overwhelmed by the scenery. |
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| We saw some river bed digging on the way the San jose de Maipo |
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| Random shots of mountains |
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| Street scene |
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| Co-ed high school San Jose de Maipo |
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| Taken from our car's back mirror |
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| Road to Cascada de las Animas (15 min away form here) |
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| Cascada de las Animas! The place where we stayed. |
After about an hour drive from Santiago, we finally arrived at the place where we would be staying for the next 10 days--Cascada de las Animas. This place is run by Lorenzo's family and the entire place is just decorated by these beautiful hand-crafted artesian work and structures. Each piece is designed by Lore's father who studies art and architecture in Spain. The entrance is facing directly toward the cascada (waterfall) which is a popular hiking option here. There are many activities one can do at this resort, such as 1-day, 3-day or 8-day horse back riding to the nearby mountains; you can choose to raft the Maipo river; or you can do canopy gliding from tree to tree, etc. Once you walk in, you're in a world of magic. if you ever come to Maipo, you gotta visit this place. 2 thumbs up!
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| Cacada's entrance |
After setting up tents, loaded boats and of course boated the lower Maipo River, we headed straight to the 5-star restaurant at the resort. After a long day, what else can beat some exercise and delicious food. And guess what, we had ice cream and fruit cups afterwards! What a great place to start in Chile!
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| The restaurant at Cascada de las Animas. We were served with fantastic meals!! |
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| Chick drums with fried potato |
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| Grilled salmon with baked rice |
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