a series of travel images from Chile, Santiago de Chile, the capital and economic centre of the country. Located in the central valley between the Andes mountains range to the east and the Cordillera of the Coast to the west, the city has some seven million inhabitants. It's the usual starting point of a trip to Chile but the city has plenty to offer the traveller such as some excellent museums, contemporary culture, good food and architecture from the Spanish colonial era. A highlight is the Museo de Arte Precolombino with a collection of pre-Columbian art.