Santiago Day 1: the Japanese Garden

Gran Torre Costanera as seen from the Japanese Garden

A short walk uphill from the Oasis Aerial Tram Station is another interesting section of Santiago's Parque Metropolitana: the Japanese Garden. I'm not usually a "Japanese Garden" type of tourist, but why not?

The aerial trams were overhead walking to the Japanese Garden.

And this was to let me know I was in the right place.

Cat on a hot tile roof.

Actually, even though it was sunny, the temperature was, at most 60 degrees -- that would be 15 if you are tracking in Celsius -- so it was more like "cat on a 'warm enough for a mid fall day' roof."

And we will end with a visit to Turtle Island:

I didn't see any turtles. And you can't really visit there since that would require walking through the pond and walking through ponds in a Japanese Garden is verboten. But it was an island. Next stop:

This teasing about the Gran Torre Costanera is about to end. After a half-hour walk It's farther than it looks.