From PAC to university in only 20 minutes

PAC is abbreviation of Pedro Aguirre Cerda, this is a "comuna" located at south of Santiago Centro. Here I live since I was born with my family.

My house is near of Panamerican Highway. Here I don’t have friends, although when I was a little girl played with all my neighbor… Now, we have converted in old and nerds people.

Neighborhood is very quiet all time, in the night is like a ghost village. Only you can listen some truck in the road. Public transport isn’t good in the morning, buses are full…because I decided use a bicycle. When I come to the university in bus the distance is 40 minutes and in bicycle only 20, in addition it is healthy and relaxes me.

From my house to the university had 10 kilometres, by every minute I advance 500 meters and he delayed the half of the time that I me delay in bus, but te great problema is that motorist don’t respect cyclist and .the accidents happen every day. Besides ciclovías are scanty and badly done.

PS: Pedro Aguirre Cerda was a President of Republic since 1938 until 1941. He died because was sick of tuberculosis before he finished his presidential period. People call him “El Presidente de los pobres” and his phrase more popular is “Gobernar es Educar.”

Photo: Ochagavía Hospital, tipical symbol of PAC, near my house