What a problem!

When I arrived to Santiago for the first time, everybody warned me that something terrible was happening in the city: the new public transport system. And well, I just didn't get worried because I thought it could be solved soon. However, the problem is still here with us, the poor people living in Santiago, and I'm almost sure that it will stay for a lot of time.

I think that Transantiago is a transport system that changed the life of every santiaguino and unfortunately, not all for the best. It's also a system that must improve because the number of buses aren't enough according to the routes people can take. This is precisely the main Acchilles' heel of Transantiago: its inefficiency.

Yellow buses? What's that?

2007 was the year I got to Santiago in order to live and study here, and that's the reason why I hadn't the good fortune to use the past transport system. As you can imagine, I didn't arrive in the best moment. I remember that everyone here in Santiago was very worried about if the bus was going to go past, or if they could get to work at time, or what buses could get them home. So it wasn't very hard to get used in the city because everybody was as confused as me.

I remember that it was very difficult to move around the first months in Santiago, because of many reasons, but mainly because the number of buses weren't enough and because of the frequency they used to come past. Also because the buses used to get full quickly and it was too uncomfortable to travel. I remember thousands of very stressed out people around me, very annoyed and talking about the terrible Transantiago.

Today, two years later, Transantiago is a little better. There're more buses and new routes, and although the buses still get full shortly, I think people are starting to trust once again in public transport system. Plus, the subway has been a great help and support to the people who must use the public transport every day.

However, there're many things else to do and resolve. If I had the chance, I would work in buses frequencies in order to people don't have to wait for the bus for a long and, therefore, they could get home or work at time. And I think this could be possible by working and looking after the Transantiago operators. I'd also create new routes and make new and strategic bus stops.

England: the reasons why I'd love to go there

I've never been abroad; however, if I had the chance to travel out of the country, I'd go to England.

Although I'd like to visit nearer countries -such as Peru, Bolivia or Argentina- before going to Europe, my final objective would be England, especially London, Oxford and Someset counties.

It would be amazing and very fun visiting England to me because it's a very rich cultural country, full of culture spaces and most of its cities has an awesome architecture. The Big Ben would be the first place I'd visit because represents English punctuality and that's makes it an emblematic building in London.

But the main reason why I'd love to visit England are the fantastic music festivals developed in many cities of that country, such as Glastonbury Festival, one of the biggest music events of Europe and in the world. I've watched some videos of bands perfomances in "Glasto" -as they use to call this festival-, but I think nothing compares to being right there, camping for a pair of days while waiting for my favorite artists and finally seeing and listening to them live! It would be really exciting.

I know that England is a really special country. Firstly because everyone drives by the right and that turns into a big problem for foreign people. Also because Englishmen and Englishwomen have a particular and unmistakable accent and they are very polite and punctual people, so you can't be late, EVER! And that could be an "special" problem for Chilean people, because we're not exactly punctual, sadly.

I also know about the excellent and famous English chips. I'm a big fan of them, so being in England would be like being in Paradise to me.

If I'd go to England, I'd try to go to the Abbey Road Studios, you know, the world famous music studios where legendary bands like The Beatles (mainly The Beatles), Pink Floyd, Radiohead and Iron Maiden have recorded many of their most acclaimed albums, and nowadays, these studios have seen a lot of young artists growing up. Being there, I'd take as many pictures as possible, especially to the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing where The Beatles were photographed for their "Abbey Road" album cover.

In the other hand, I'd like to meet people and make new friends to exercise my English. They've told me that social life is the best way to learn a new language, so I'd like to try.

I'd love to study in any of the prestigious English universities, but some friends have told me that is really expensive, at least university education. Well, everything is expensive in England! So it would be really difficult to live there, but maybe if I get a scholarship, I would make a postgraduate course.