The non-operable window Marriott Hotel. Dauntingly big, but the designer really hated the idea of Natural Ventilation.
View of the Hotel from the Shopping Mall
Closeup of the Tottus Canopy
Some New Years Eve Entertainers on stilts
Some nice dry ice effect on the fountain
The act of the evening – this man put his body in the balloon and jumped.
View from the hotel room
Parque Arauco on the left (an outdoor shopping center) and Av. Kennedy
View of the outdoor Shopping Mall food court
Fountains for Passive cooling
Roman Shades
A new Technology park adjacent to the Park
Another view of the business park
La Moneda Government Center
A cool use of greenery to shade the building
No idea what this building is called, but a good symbol of Santiago’s progress
Modern Buildings in the Golf region
More…
and more…
and more…
you get the picture…
entrance to the Ritz-Carlton Santiago
They take public art v. seriously in el Golf
Restaurant at the W-Hotel Santiago
View from my uncle’s office
La Costanera Norte, a 43-km highway that connects Santiago East to West, with an automated toll system and no stoplights, underground for a good portion of it…. probably one of the most spectacular highways I have ever seen.
Another View of the Business District
Torre Titanium, for the time being the tallest finished building in Santiago
Our Vehicle on the 27th
View from the sky of the vinyards
View from the Sky of Downtown
La estatua de la Virgen maria in the Cerro San Cristobal
The World’s Largest Swimming Pool as seen from the Sky… the Resort is called San Alfonso del Mar
Lush summer gardens
Shopping Las Condes, Another outdoor shopping mall…. the weather in Santiago is perfect for this…
Shopping mall decorations inside the mall
Entrance to Concha y Toro Vinyard
Our tourguide forgot her umbrella so she had to use her hand
The mansion of Mr. Concha y Toro
His Personal Garden
He had a thing for French statues
View of the vinyard Concha y Toro….
Some young grapes
This is where tasty Chilean wine ferments
Concha y Toro’s most famous label – Casillero del Diablo
The cellar of Casillero del Diablo
More barrels
See the devil in the background?
My Cousin’s University
The university Library
More views of the Library
I could eat seafood every day…
Valparaiso from the Bus
another view…. 80% of the population of the city lives on the mountains
Cacti
Pablo Neruda’s Home
A cool mural that captures the essence of Valparaiso…
A bicycle on the second floor sill of the building… there were so many cables everywhere….
Artsy streets
Artwork everywhere
Interesting Landscapes
Closeups
The port of Valparaiso
El Ferrocarril
The tracks were very rundown
The garden-city of Vina del Mar….
Casino!
Gateway that divides Valparaiso from Vina
Sand artwork
The Beach of Vina… home to Chile’s main fireworks display…
Easter Island sculpture
Close-up
View from the Mountain of Vina
