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Discovering Neruda
Aug 29, 2007
(19 photos)
"ON THE WAY TO ISLA NEGRA So I´m finally able to find a "cyber cafe", as they are called here, with a fast enough speed to upload my photographs! That´s the good news. The not ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
semi-backpacker
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Colours on the hills
Oct 26, 2006
(4 photos)
"As a last stop before the visit of my parents I am in Valparaiso now. First impression except for it s realy sad weather at the time is that is even more Western than the previous ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
esbjorn
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Decaying and totally charming
Jun 8, 2007
(9 photos)
"He Said: From Cusco we flew to Santiago, Chile via Lima. The next morning we headed out by bus to the nearby city of Valparaiso. Valpo, as it is known locally, is not visited for a ..."
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globedecker
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Searching for the Sun
Jan 14, 2007
"Great last few days hanging around with Rommy and Mads who made it up from BA. If there was a moment of sun to be had we managed to grab it on the beach and managed to fit on ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
catters
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Fuera de la Tierra
Mar 13, 2006
(12 photos)
"I finally found a way out of town this weekend, to Valparaiso. It's an odd thing to write, now that I'm back in Santiago, because I'm doing so inside a Starbucks in the part of tow ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
arichardson
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Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar
Jan 20, 2006
(11 photos)
"Two Nights in Santiago was more than enough to get a good enough opinion of the city and realize we didn´t want to be there. Even the nightlife sucked! We fled to the coast, to a ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
jag
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Pearl of the Pacific
Mar 26, 2006
(7 photos)
"Back in Santiago, after a memorable trip to the Easter Islands, we toy with whether to push on with our travels further north, or visit the world heritage city of Valparaiso. We fi ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
rachel_john
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Missed the bus....again
Nov 18, 2005
(1 photo)
"Hello! So, for the second time in two days I have missed the bus and I am stuck, this time, for 5 hours, just when I was ready to move on. Yesterday's escapade involved me sitting ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
sarah_s_america
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The City of Hills
Feb 27, 2007
(20 photos)
"Valparaiso is another amazing city for taking photos. This city is a huge U-shaped amphitheater overlooking the ocean, making it one of Chile's most important port cities and ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
jeffsadventures
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Sleepless In Santiago
May 13, 2004
(16 photos)
"Wow, this entry has been a long time coming. So since my last one, I've finished off New Zealand, spent ten days in Fiji and now I'm in South America. Fiji was amazing! I loved it. ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
helsbells
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Riding the Ascensores
Dec 10, 2004
"To get up and down from the seafront to the houses on the hill, just take an old ascensor, or lifty cably cary thingy. They are loads of fun. Groovy Cafes Big flashback to Melbourn ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaìso by
camille
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Valparaiso
Sep 20, 2004
"Hi Guys, You can read our update from Valparaiso in our entry from Santiago, Chile entitled 'A Brief Stop in Chile!'. Cheers, K & S ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
kevandsian
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Valparaiso
Jun 13, 2008
(11 photos)
"Valparaiso has been described as an undescovered Venice. It has a colonial feel, a major sea port and houses that seem to crawl up the hill side and look more organic than architec ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
paulrobinson

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Concepcion, Valpo
Apr 15, 2006
(11 photos)
"Photos taken on the day I arrived in Valparaiso (Valpo), my favorite Chilean city for obvious reasons... ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
murdock

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Valparaiso
Apr 4, 2006
(8 photos)
"The mysterious old port city of Valapariso. The world turned its back on her when the Panama Canal opened....... Located 1.5 hours bus ride from Santiago. After having 4 days here, ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
jorgen_anne

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Ariba Ariba!!!
Feb 27, 2007
"Hola mi amigos! Well, we have finally made it to South America, which is a pretty central element to the whole trip, and so far it has been going well and it is very exciting. Afte ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
greesq

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Sleeping on street for new years
Jan 4, 2007
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"Way back in August, Valentina (the Chilean we met in Lothlorien in Brasil) told us to visit her home town of Valparaiso, near Santiago. The town was supposedly something like a soc ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
puncturethief

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Valparaiso - Hills and Chills
Feb 13, 2008
(12 photos)
"Arriving in Valparaiso bus terminal we were greeting with a new situation, being the only backpacking tourists on the bus, but hordes of women trying to take us to their homestays. ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
matnkat

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Valparaiso
Oct 3, 2006
(5 photos)
"The 8 hour journey to Valparaiso was handy enough except for the 2 hour wait at the border to go through immigration/customs. What a pain in the ass! The scenery was absolutely bre ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
clairebear80

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Bon Voyage
Feb 25, 2008
(9 photos)
"We were a bit sad to check out of our hotel - what started out as a big inconvenience was probably a blessing in disguise as the area was so nice and we couldn't beat the accommoda ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
jimstephkrueger

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Valparaiso, bohemian capital of Chile
May 8, 2008
(25 photos)
"Valparaiso is called the Bohemian capital of Chile, not quite sure what this means but we headed off there anyway. We met Mariana and the local tube station to begin our cla ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
nickandbev

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Valpo and the Beach, part 1
Feb 24, 2008
(6 photos)
"**This entry is actually being written on 2/27, but I'm backdating it for the time of the trip.** I have to say, this whole traveling thing is pretty cool. Coming right off a two w ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
pburns77

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Quaint houses on hills
Mar 8, 2008
(5 photos)
"Valparaiso Sensibly, I had muted expectations for Valparaiso. The book says, somewhat contemptuously, that some people just don't get the city. I reckoned that I had a pretty high ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
mlc

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The Entire First Week
Mar 5, 2008
"Oh my goodness I have so much information to share and so little time! I am just now updating my blog because my internet situation is not what I thought it was going to be.& ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
kristinclaire

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Valparaiso and Viña del Mar
Apr 6, 2006
(12 photos)
"Last night brought some animated discussions with Patrick and Amy (from Cork), a lovely guy from Brazil and patrick from San Franciso. Topics from music to politics, wines and beer ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
ambersmith1978

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Valparaiso + Vina del Mar
Oct 18, 2006
(12 photos)
"After a dodgy nights sleep (not sure why, but i just kept waking up every hour or 2) I decided against the mountain climb, and made the decision to check out Valparaiso. It was als ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
joules

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Home Sweet Home
Feb 18, 2007
(13 photos)
" After two relaxing days in Santiago, I headed west to what will be my home for the next eleven months! Sure enough, upon arriving at El Yoyo Hostel, I run ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaíso by
senorburke

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And still more Chilean wine country
Oct 19, 2007
(28 photos)
" Valparaiso sits on the coast with its' busy port just on the other side of the coastal mountains from the wine country. The town itself is the destination. The town ex ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
itsgotime

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SF with Chilean Twist
Jun 18, 2006
(2 photos)
"Hello from Chile! We are sitting in an internet cafe waiting for the 15,000 pictures we took in the Galapagos to upload (I exaggerate a little, but not much). We flew to Santiago o ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
thedays

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Leaving home
Apr 21, 2007
"Hola amigos, As I write to you from Valparaiso (which is on the coast of Chile - around about the middle), I am just into my third...oops fourth....glass of a rather good Chilean w ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
juanintheworld

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The romance of Valparaiso
Feb 18, 2008
(33 photos)
"Just like with Santiago, I didn't do much more than wander the streets in Valparaiso. Except, it was much more physically straining because the city is sprawled out over a never-en ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
love1017

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Welcome to Chile, by Valparaíso
Nov 12, 2007
(18 photos)
"Am I enjoying Chile?? Sííííííííípo. I think all those people who wished me to made it come true. I am absolutely having the time of my life. Besides the usual discomforts of travel ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
snsun99

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Moving on to the North
Mar 24, 2005
(7 photos)
"Hi All, So its been awhile since our last entry, and man a lot can happen. Last you heard from us, we were on our way to Mendoza in Argentina. Right now we are in Valpariaso in Chi ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
liz_and_achai

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Pacific Ocean from the other side
Apr 21, 2008
"Arrived in Valparaiso expecting to spend 2 nights tops. Have now been here four counting tonight. Valparaiso is an average size historic port city to the West of Santiago. It once ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
amydavid

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Valparaiso - The Poet´s Seaside Hangout
Jul 24, 2007
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"Right, Valparaiso (Valpo), a world heritage sight one and a half hours out of Santiago (via rather flash "tur bus"). We were headed to Valpo for three days before returning to Sant ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
willandliz

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Cruising!
Apr 2, 2007
"Tuesday 20th March Up early to pack, clear the apartment, and make our way to the bus terminal in good time. We had time to spare there and Josh was hungry so, almost just for the ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
lizianjosh

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Chile's Most Unusual City
Feb 1, 2008
(18 photos)
"Really historic and scenic old city by the ocean, with colourful houses built all over the steep hills circling the port, and rickety old funiculars to help you up and down. The ma ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
stevelegassick

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Here comes the sun
Jan 12, 2007
(17 photos)
"Made the decision to change our flight and leave Rio a few days early and head back to Chile to find the sun that had eluded us in Rio. After a short bus journey from Santiago we g ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
damiankeating

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Time to leave...
May 15, 2006
"After 2 months of travelling, my time in South America has come to an end. I have mixed feelings about leaving and moving on. What seemed like a long time in a very different place ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
snapz

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Die Stadt der Jungen und Wilden
Jan 22, 2008
(14 photos)
"Valparaiso liegt schon eine Weile zurueck, und die Erinnerung ist nicht mehr ganz taufrisch. Die kurze Zeit, die ich dort verbrachte, reichte leider nicht, um alle Facetten dieser ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
floriparan

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Chill out in Valparaiso
Jan 30, 2008
"Valparaiso - the romantic city on the Pacific, built on many little hills or cerros, full of antiquated buildings which commemorate its former glory as first city of ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
vetliz

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Toes and tents and stars
Jan 10, 2006
"N.B. Ok, so it's taken a little while (or rather 3 months) to add this to the travelogue, so it may not include all the immediate information that the others have included, but I g ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
samwell

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Food is back on the menu
Feb 4, 2007
(2 photos)
"Sunday was a very, very long day - two and a bit days in fact due to the International Date line, and so we arrived in Valparaiso in a bit of a confused, jetlagged s ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
iainandemma

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Up and down the lifts in Valparaiso!
Feb 7, 2008
(6 photos)
"Now this is one very beautiful town. Its true that there isn´t much to do in Valparaiso but then again when you see the place you wouldn´t want to. Caroline was worried that I migh ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
jamiecaroline

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Valpo
Jul 3, 2007
(7 photos)
"03.Juni o7 abends Sontag waren 2 Spiele der chilenischen Nationalmannschaften. Die U20 hat 3:0 gegen Canada gewonnen und die grossen haben 0:3 gegen Brasilien ve ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
annafuessner

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"Follow that Bus!"
Nov 5, 2007
(4 photos)
"We dropped our dirty underwear at the laundrette. Wait til you see the photos it was amazing. The flat low lying area called El Plan isn´t that nice. We both got a bad feeling when ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
cnnnews

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A Bohemian paradise
Mar 12, 2008
(6 photos)
"Valparaiso was our next stop, about an-hour-and-a-half from Santiago. It is a port town with a small flat area next to the coast and then the flat land turns into hills and all the ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
nancydeb

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Valpo and Viña
Oct 30, 2006
(9 photos)
" Valparaiso and Viña del Mar are two extremely sweet towns right next to each other. Although they look like citys with big tall buildings it really doesn´t feel like you are in th ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
suze.lance

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Ausflug nach Valparaíso
May 9, 2007
(4 photos)
"Wie gehabt, erst mal die Fotos...das nächste Update gibts dann am Sonntag - sind jetzt erst mal für ein paar Tage in Nationalparks und Anden unterwegs!! ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaíso by
~steph~

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planlos durch die stadt!
Aug 1, 2007
(5 photos)
"nach schwimmen, deutsch, spanisch und buecherei war ich heute mit anna in valparaiso. das wetter war mal wieder nicht so gut aber lustig war es trotzdem. durch das zentrum und anna ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
julegschwander

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Valparaiso
May 20, 2008
(5 photos)
"We arrived in Valparaiso from Santiago at 1pm after a very short trip for us just an hour and a half. Once we checked into the hostel we went for a walk to see the city, after abou ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
m_d

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One long detour
Jan 3, 2008
(40 photos)
"Really playing catchup here...From the Rio Gallegos in the south, caught a bus to Comodoro Rivaddavia, then one to Bariloche. Got off and right away decided I didn´t want to ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
southwickchris

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Valparaiso
Mar 9, 2006
(5 photos)
"My last day was spent with my friend Amanda who lives just down the beach from this magnificent colourful city on the Pacific coast. ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
therasp

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Valparaiso
Aug 5, 2006
(2 photos)
"Hello, Have been skiing in the Andes. Amazing! Have new Amigos in Chile who are so cool! We are all going to the Chilean Seaside resort of Valparaiso for the night. Will fly to New ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
thedoc

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Final Countdown
May 5, 2008
"Okay, so I know I'm way overdue for an update... I know "I've been busy" doesn't hold much weight, but we'll go with that anyway... So I finished up my last couple of weeks in Conc ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
aallen02

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Making our move over and down Chile
Jan 22, 2006
(4 photos)
"here is a quick update on us in Santiago Chile: we are about to make moves--we're heading to Valparaiso (just northwest of the city, famous for its beaches and one of neruda´s hous ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
danielaccg

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Valparaíso
Mar 8, 2007
(5 photos)
"Gester bin ich mit em Bus vo Santiago dur es gruens Tal mit viel Rebsteock gfahre. De 1. Iidruck vo Valparaiso haet mich noed ueberzuegt, defuer ischs nachane umso schoener worde. ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaíso by
roli-on-tour

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Valparaiso
Mar 21, 2008
"We got up early in an effort to miss the rush forgetting that it was Easter Friday and that everyone from Santiago would be looking to do the same. By the time we arrived at the bu ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
kathrynpreston

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Valparaiso
Apr 26, 2008
(6 photos)
"After spending a couple of nights in Santiago to acclimatise, and also to get respite from the sandflies and mosquitos which have been feasting on me over the previous week, I deci ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
michut

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Valparaiso
Jun 22, 2008
"2 hours away from Santiago and on the coast is Valparaiso. It`s a city built on the steep sided hills overlooking the ports, known for its brightly coloured buildings piled up onto ..."
A travel blog entry from Valparaiso by
guyandcalum

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