At first I didn´t think I´d be flying to Chile as reports indicated that Santiago airport would be closed until further notice ... but I decided to fly into Buenos Aires, Argentina and see if I could take a flight from there. Luckily for me I got a seat on the first flight into Santiago from Argentina.
On arrival in Santiago I took a day to sort myself out before I was introduced to a family of 5 who had been affected by the quake here in Santiago. Their home (along with over 1500 others in their district) had been severely damaged by the quake and was no longer habitable. I spent a few days helping them salvage their belongings from the ruins and move into temporary accommodation across the city. I spent most of my first week between sleeping in a tent in the garden of their ruined home and on the floor in their temporary shelter. They really welcomed me into their family and gave me areal insight into family life here in Chile. Below is a clip from inside their old home.
On a brief tour around the city the destruction caused by the earthquake, which took place overe 300km from Santiago, was evident at every turn. Historic buildings appeared to have been most severely affected by the quake, as the clip below shows
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