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That’s really interesting about the way they’ve redone the micros by zone and interzone. When I was there, they were all still uniformly yellow, and looked sort of like herd animals traveling in packs when a clump would come down the street together. I’m glad they haven’t done away with the signs in the windows listing major streets; that was my own personal marker of when I had truly learned the system in Santiago, when I found an alternate route home by looking at only the street names, rather than the bus number.
Now I want to go back!(Do they still have people who get on the buses to sell tools, or drinks, or ice cream, or to play music for tips? That was always quality entertainment.). I wish I had read this piece BEFORE going to Santiago.
I was able to navigate the Metro system very well, but the part about cabbies ripping off gringos proved to be VERY true in my caseI was charged 18,000 pesos to go from Centro to the airport, and on top of it the guy grifted me at the airport – I gave him two 10,000 peso bills, and when I briefly turned away he did the palming trick and showed me a 10,000 and a 1,000, claiming I owed him more money. At the moment I was in a hurry to get to get to the terminal, so even though it felt funny I didn’t call him on it, because I wasn’t 100% sure that he screwed me. Sitting in the airport waiting for my plane, however, I checked – and sure enough, he got me. I made a rudimentary effort to report the punk to the police (I speak some Spanish, but not well), but they just laughed it off without taking any kind of report. I didn’t expect my money back, or even for them to actually do anything – but taking a report would have been respectful, at least. The incident put a blight on an otherwise fantastic two week trip in Chile for me, which a US$68 cab ride will tend to do.
I won’t be returning to Chile because of this incident. I will, however, remember the great times I had before getting jacked.
Harry, sorry that cab driver ripped you off at the airport. I’ve been in Santiago for the past three weeks, and even though I do speak Spanish, they still attempt to rip me off.
There was an awesome 2 hour documentary on tv last night here in Santiago about cab drivers ripping off innocent Americans and Europeans. It was very interesting. Most of the time, whenever the cab driver was approached about ripping off a rider, he denied it for about 5 minutes, but eventually gave all the money back once the Carabineros, (Santiago Police), came to the scene. It’s safe to come backDana, there are still thousands of people on the micros selling more odds and ends than Sears. Yesterday there was a guy playing guitar, poorly I must add, another guy shouting over him in Spanish about an all-in-one screwdriver, glass cutter, bottle opener, shoe horn, etc., and a lady dressed up like an old woman ventriloquist screaming into a megaphone. 100 pesos a piece is more than generous.To the initial blogger, Santiago has updated their transit system quite nicely. I find the buses and metro very easy to use.
I suppose that since your writing of this article, Google has decided to map out Santiago, which has been great for mapping out runs as well as finding quick directions to know that cab drivers aren’t taking me way out of the way. Thanks for the suggestion of Emporio la Rosa. I’m gonna check it out tonight.Hope to see all in Santiago once again in the future.— Ron.