I'm a US citizen again!

I went to the embassy and they processed my new passport in a matter hours. As soon as I get back to Santiago I will post pics of my last few days.

I'll update more offten....I swear.

Hey everyone out there. Who is reading this? Am I updating this blog for anyone? Sorry its taken me so long to update. Heres whats been going on. I've been teaching English at Carrier, an American owned air conditioning company every day of the week. On top of that I have classes at an accounting firm and a private class that I'm teaching.

*NOTE* I have a new phone number! Its a local Colorado number and the calls are forwarded to my cell phone here in Santiago. I dont want to post the phone nubmer on the internet but email me and I'll send it your way. xJAMESAx@gmail.com

My camera has bit the dust and I'm looking at my options to replace it. The country of Chile taxes electronics so much that the same camera would cost 150% more here than it would in the U.S of A. I did, however, manage to grab the last bit of pictures that I took off of my computer.




I just found out that any picture on the blog can be clicked on to view it full size. The first picture is of a street dog here in the city. Click on it and look past the dog at the cool architecture in the city center. The next three pictures are of the same street looking in other directions.


The big white building is "La Moneda" or the Presidential palace here in Santiago. Pretty heavy security huh?



This is a mirror image of the Entel tour. Its a cell phone broadcasting tour but its used here in town as a landmark to give directions.



The last picture is taken "Uptown" which is also called "Sanhattan" or the Manhattan of Santiago. It has some of the coolest architecture that I've ever seen.

I have to jump on a bus and head to the closest bus outside of the country to renew my visa. So on April 30th I'll be going to Mendoza, Argentina, right across the Andy Mountains. If I have a camera by that time I'll post up pictures.

They Say running a mile in Santiago is like smoking a pack of cigarettes

In one of my last posts I had mentioned how Santiago reminded me of Los Angeles. Yesterday two friends of mine and I took a gondola up a hill called Cerro San Cristobal which is right next to the city. It was about 75 degrees out and we could not see the end of the city because there was so much smog. The city has 6.4 million inhabitants that live in a valley.

Santiago!

I've made the move and am now living in Santiago Chile. I worked out a sweet deal here in town and am working 18 hours a week cleaning a hostel in exchange for free room board and breakfast. You can check out the hostel at www.hostaldesammy.com My day has consisted of getting ready, eatting breakfast and exploring the city.

Yesterday I went to one of the centeral markets called El Mercado Venga. Dont be fooled by the pictures. The market is located in the oldest neighborhood in town and it looks like mexico or a third world country. I'll post pictures of other parts of the town later this week. Its very clean...aside from the grifitti. It reminds me a lot of Los Angeles. The city is very spread out and has a lot of smog.

Monday I will be walking around town handing out my resume to the English schools.I bought a cell phone down here so if anyone wants to suprise me and give me a ring the number is 6-253-6049.