In Bellavista, Santiago, Matty made me get on a funicular to the top of a big hill that overlooked the city. Far from being ´fun´, as the name laughably suggests, these vehicles have patently been devised as instruments of intimidation and toture for vertigo sufferers such as myself. After a blood-curdling but mercifully brief trip uphill, we were greeted by beautiful panoramas of the city and Santiago´s answer to Rio de Janeiro´s Christ the Redeemer. These religious icons must have been placed up here for funicular travellers to worship as they arrive, having cheated peril, at the summit.
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