Vina del Mar
Travel Blogs from Vina del Mar, Chile
Viņa del Mar
... bags both ways, fortunately the wine was OK! Once again the journey across the Andes took longer than expected and we got into Viņa del Mar at 19.00ish rather than 16.30 as it said on our tickets! We found a hotel, doing our settling for one because ...
Coast of Chile: Vina del Mar & Valparaiso
... all the hard work of carrying his little black note book around with him, or at least his pen! Today we leave for Vina del Mar and Valparaiso - twin cities on the west coast of Chile. A shuttle bus picks us up from the hotel and delivers us to ...
Cuidad Ascensor
... to be completly rebuilding the track, figured that the bus was my only option. Flagged one down eventually that said Vina Del Mar - theres no such thing as a bus stop, and arrive in this relatively pretty city - prettier than Valapairiso centre ...
From Morza to Viņa del Mar
... een flink aantal van deze liftjes uitgerust. Boven krijgen we mooie uitzichten op de haven en in de verte het strand van Viņa del Mar. We dalen weer naar ons basisniveau terug en consumeren in een alweer zeer typische gelegenheid een jugo de naranja (die ...
Warm Christmas Wishes
We are spending a quiet and rather reflective week in Viņa del Mar - a beautiful resort city on the central Chilean coast - enjoying the gardens, beaches and sunny weather. No snow for us to shovel down here! Christmas without Mike is going to be very ...
Rock & Rolls
April 19th, 2010 I am officially a Chain Gang member for 2010 :) I could not be more excited honestly! And today Vanessa asked me to be her bridesmaid for her wedding next May, so that was ...
Daytrip to Vina del Mar and Valparaiso
... and driver to ourselves, which was awesome because we kept asking him to stop to take lots of pictures. Starting off in Vina del Mar, we saw a panoramic view of the city, and then headed to the archeological museum to see the giant moai statue out front. ...
Ļmoje dobro jace je od tvoga zlaĻ
... ovog bloga danas govori - vjerujem da je moje dobro jace od tvoga zla tako da ce se meni samo dobre stvari dogadati :) u vina del mar smo napokon stigli tim colectivom i prvo sto sam vidjela bio je ocean! :) iz estebanovog PENTHOUSEA se vidi ocean iz ...
way too long...
... like Mexico. I often use it myself, speaking in the third person about my new and exciting experiences in Chile, sending my students roaring with laughter. From the University, where foreigners are very common, to elementary schools tucked ...
Vina Evenings
Vina del mar is superb for it's seafood restaurants. I like to work up my appetite or walk off my meal with a wander along the neaches in the ...
I Believe in the Sand Between My Toes
I am in love with Viņa Del Mar. Every single day the thought crosses my mind at some point that I don't want to leave. Of course I miss my friends and family, but everyday is an adventure and I ...
Casino Night and trip to Quintay
Last night I went to the Hotel del Mar in Vina del Mar. The Hotel del Mar is a famous casino in Chile. My roommate Lauren and I got dressed up and went there to try our hand at Blackjack. I was under the impression that the minimum bet was 3,000 pesos ...
Jo's adventures in Chile
... necklace from my neck that i loved, but at least he didnīt have a knife! I continued to enjoy my day. I am now in Vina Del Mar and loving the sunshine and beaches. Off to Valparaisio tomorrow to explore for a few days then i fly to Rio De Janeiro where ...
Bring on the Earmuffs
May 18th, 2010 I have lots and lots to talk about, and not really sure where to start, so I am going to break this entry down into sections. I have lots and lots of homework to do, so naturally ...
Tsunamis and Tours
... ;s nice to be reminded of that. So anyways, we spent all day walking through Valparaiso, and then it turned into a tour of Viņa Del Mar, and then a wonderful pizza dinner. We must have walked for 4-solid hours, and it was the best day ever. Seriously I ...
Just Sittin'
I am just sittin in bed with my lovely host mom Margarita. She's falling asleep next to me but doesn't seem to mind that I am still on the computer stealing wireless internet from our dead neighbor Carlos. Life is going pretty smoothly aside from the ...
wieder ni viņa
noach nie konnt ich so gut schlafen wie heute im bus! bestimmt 8 von 14 stunden! wunderbar! jetzt aber duschen und dann ist fast alles wieder gut! ausser: dass wir am montag ja wieder schule haben, argentinien voll geil ist, ich mehr reisen ...
The World is a weird place
Danas sam se (morat cu se ovako izrazit) usrala dok smo se vozili u autu! isli smo do valparaisa i kad smo se vracali, dosla mi je muka jer nas je skoro bus udario jer ovdje voze ko ludaci. prebacuju se iz trake u traku, provlace se gdje se ja nikad ne ...
A Little Hope Does the Soul Well
May 5th, 2010 It is the first rainy day here in Viņa del Mar, so I am sitting in my room after lunch and feeling like it's a good time to be a little reflective on the things I have been ...
Itīs raining....again
Hello everyone, So today is cold and raining again. It was bound to happen, as the weekend was sunny and warm. But itīs ok, I have some studying to do today, and I have to cook a traditional Chilean dish for my class tomorrow. I think I am going to ...
erster bericht
Sa, 23. juni 07 22uhr Richtig realisier hab ich noch nicht, dass ich jetzt weg bin. Klar am Bahnhof hab ich geheult wie ein Schlosshund, aber dann am Flughafen ist man so im Stress, dass man wieder vergisst, wieso maneigentlich hier ist. InBasel ging ...
The Garden City
... a rose for me to go with it, he's a good boy! Lol. Very sweet of him. Today we got ready to leave for Vina Del Mar, packed our bags again!! with many more times to come... we caught a taxi with our bags to our next destination... And aaahhhh ...
A Day at the Beach
We caught the local bus from Valparaiso along to Vina del Mar for a visit to the beach. I was a little disappointed with Vina del Mar because I'd read that it's a holiday resort for people from Santiago and it really wasn't what I pictured. It's very ...
Mom and Josh's Adventure to the Firetower
Lamentably, mom and Josh are too technologically inept to create their own travel blog to document their journey to the Firetower off of Pine Street in Medfield, Massachusettes. I felt selfish being the only person to receive this email from Josh giving ...
Que Paso?!
... outside the building! The Moais are those statues that the indigenous people of la Isla Pascua (Easter Island) built. The island belongs to Chile but it is really expensive to travel over there to see them, so it was nice to see one in the museum. ...
February 13
... ;track in the ground while also being pulled by cables. After that, we took a boat ride around the harbour. My time in Vina has become a little more mellow, I've had some more time to relax and get settled in. I am still trying to get used ...
Nothing Like Some Wind-Blown Hair
... don’t remember him, but he is the friend that we made in Lima. It was pretty cool to see him again as he passed through Chile, and we all met up and swapped stories from our adventures. We went on a walk and watched the sunset, and then we took him ...
Vina del Mar: it's Chile by the sea
... decided to check out Vina Del Mar and Valparaiso on the Chilean coast, just a couple of hours from Santiago. We stayed in Vina Del Mar, a pleasant enough town with great beaches and coastal views. We hired a strange buggy bike thing (see pic) on our ...
A legacy fulfilled!
... Miami, with high-rise, unspecial, blocks of apartments, golden sands and wide roads - not at all what I had expected but Viņa del Mar had it's charm which was really tough to see through it's clouds, smog, wind and flippant approach to architecture, ...
Kaffetrinken
... hinsehen sahen wir, dass an den Löffeln noch die Lippenstiftreste unserer Vorgängerinnen hingen. Zum Glück gibt es aber in Chile immer ein Glas Wasser zum Kaffee. Wir hatten ja 2, also opferten wir eines und wuschen unsere Löffel darin ab. Juliana ...


