On our last day in Chile, we decided to go hiking in the foothills East of Santiago where we joined a section of the Chilean Trail for a short distance and even took a bit of a “side trip” for about 1500’ of elevation gain along the Saltos de Apoquindo trail towards the summit of Aguas de Ramón Peak. While we’ve been walking nearly every day of our trip and my foot is getting better, I hadn’t done my “extreme PT” since our visit to Colca Canyon so I was a bit overdue for my visit to my natureopathic physical therapist! While the hike proved challenging and was certainly good therapy, we couldn’t help but notice how the city disappeared in it’s dense layer of smog as the day progressed. While Santiago is a beautiful city with a nice climate and a bunch of cool neighborhoods, that beauty is somewhat stifled by the smog as were our lungs – truly a sad situation!