Santiago, Chile
At the foothills of the Andes and surrounded by desert, Santiago has quiet clean streets and is full of parks and Museums. It really gives the impression that Chile is wealthier than in reality because as soon as you head out of the center the beautiful new shiny buildings give way to shanty towns. It was a cool city with nice people, bars and an interesting recent history of a questionable military government. In one of the bigger parks you can take a cabl...