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Will came to visit me in Santiago the evening before the earthquake.  We went for a nice walk up the Cerro Santa Lucía, I had some chirimoya ice cream, and we sat on top of the hill and talked for several hours, enjoying the weather and the nice view.  Check out the smog, though – I love this city, but Santiago has a serious problem with air pollution.  A pity that there’s always so much smog blocking the view of the mountains.

Unfortunately I haven’t been able to make it to Viña to visit Will during these days like we had planned, due to the collapse of infrastructure of course… but maybe if my flights keep getting canceled I’ll take a bus to see him before I leave.  As of now I’m scheduled to be on a flight this Saturday… we’ll see.

My first day in Chile… my flight arrived this morning and I had an incredible day.  Too much to sum up, really.

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I’m about to go on a long journey.  But first, a visit to my mom’s house… saw this wicked sunset from the Amtrak window.  I wonder if the sky gets this crazy in the southern hemisphere too…