As promised, here are the details of my adventurous and arduous trek up a mountain of the Andes... Well, not quite, but fun nonetheless. It is actually an outcropping of the Andes which has been converted into something like Central Park. There are numerous trails up to the summit along with a road, a rail car, and mountain bike trails. When I first went there I wasn't intending on going all the way up but once I started I didn't feel like stopping, although the smog made a strong argument. I'm glad I did, because at the top I got some great views of the city, along with its layer of smog, and the picturesque snowcapped Andes in the background. The pictures really don't do it justice because of the smog, but the mountains were clear and seemed to be rising out of thin air, also because of the the smog. Check out the pictures at my picasa site to see what I'm talking about.
That trek took up most of the day along with a trip to the grocery store. On my way back to the hostel after the hike, I stopped in a touristy restaurant in barrio Bellavista. I was really hungry and thirsty at that point so I didn't really care where I ate. The food was okay, but it was nice to have a menu in English.
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