More General Thoughts about Santiago

As I have been here for more than two weeks I have noticed a few other interesting things:

• Cell Phones work on the Metro. This is true not just at the stops but while the train is in motion between stations. Having a conversation is made possible with the low amount of noise generated by the rubber wheels.
• Valparaiso was not a nice city. Yesterday, I drove here and was quite surprised by the lack of food options, lack of parking, overall filthiness and that the shoreline is basically a port. The cool thing about the city is that it is built on the side of a mountain, so driving around was quite interesting on the steep, banking turns.
• Chilean people do not like Air Conditioning. I asked someone over here why even some restaurants are not cooled and it turns out that Chileans think that Air Conditioning makes them sick.