la plaza DE armas DE santiago DE chile

The next few posts all involve life around the Plaza de Armas, one of my favorite spots in Santiago. Three-card, or in this case disc, monte has been really big lately. The teams working the people are pretty impressive. I only got off about 5 photos before they shooed me off. Scared me off is a better way to say it. "Watch the monkey. Watch the monkey." I have no idea how they pull it off. I vow to never lay money down, because I will not get it back. Right before this I had the joy of mistakenly walking around the edge of a mime´s show. With a very purple face I helped him entertain the surrounding 200 people or so as I tried on female underwear that he mysteriously pulled out of my bag! Luckily I´m not too easily embarrassed.