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Vina del Mar Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Vina del Mar, Chile
Start of my Internship
Today was the first day of my internship. I work for Alid Propiedades in Vina del Mar. Luckily, it is only about three blocks from my house. It is a pretty small company- probably less than ten employees. I work on the first floor with four chilean women. ...
Gokartfahren
Am Freitagabend war ich mit ein paar Leuten vom Austausch Gokart fahren.Lisa hatte Angst, aber ich hab mich von den Jungs ueberreden lassen mitzufahren. Am Anfang hatte ich auch Angst, aber nach den ersten paar Runden hats richtig Spass gemacht. So ...
Vina del Mar
A short bus ride along the coast from Valparaiso is the beach town resort of Vina Del Mar, that is unfortunately not even remotely as beautiful as Valparaiso. The weather is OK, but not really beach weather so there's not much happening here. ...
El zona central de Chile
... was well worth doing because the coastline is very rugged and beautiful here. In fact, it reminded me a lot of the Mediterranean. Viña del Mar itself is a modern and quite attractive city. We'd walked enough by the time we got there so we did a tour ...
To the Coast
... up the road (the one that wasn't in our budget) and its fantastic, more like a B&B than hostel, already loving Viña del Mar. The weather has picked up on our second day as we headed to the neighbouring town of Valpariso, a unesco heritage ...
Clases, Cumpleaños, y Caminatas
... 's in the ISEP program from Canada) turned 20 today. Crystal, Brittany, Genevieve and I all met up in downtown Viña del Mar and walked to a neat restaurant called Margaritai. We bought Genny a couple of drinks and had a good time talking and ...
Horseriding near Vina del Mar
... our last day in Valparaiso, we had arranged a days horse riding amongst the forests, sand dunes and beaches close to Vina del Mar, Chile's premier beach resort and playground for the rich and famous. We left the hostel and got the funicular railway down ...
Vina del Mar
... Week is over, I want to move to a place where I don't have to share one bathroom with a dozen people. I also want to explore Vina del Mar, a major beach resort 20 minutes from Valparaiso. So, I am off for the new town. I opt for a German Hotel which has ...
Feb. 22, 2006 - Viña del Mar / Valparaiso
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 (Viña del Mar/Valparaiso): Caroline was feeling much better this morning and after a quick breakfast, we caught a minibus to take us to the Viña del Mar, just 15 minutes south. In no time we found the jewelry ...
I wasted my time on facebook...
Hola mis amores!! I am here in an internet cafe becuase i didnt want to take up all the time on the computer at home, becuase there are seven of us in the house. Anyways, it has been a good time. I got here on friday and the family has been very ...
Chile, Viña del Mar: ("Vineyard of the Sea")
... century castle) Casino FACT: Viña del Mar also known locally as La Ciudad Jardín (Spanish: "The Garden City"). Viña del Mar is Chile's largest and best known beach resort town. The city was founded in 1874 as a weekend retreat and garden ...
La longue traversée de 5 des régions chiliennes
... pas parler des argentins aux chiliens ou vous risquez de vous faire des ennemis. Nous sommes arrivés il y a 2 jours à Viña del mar, à coté de Valparaiso où nous passons de délicieux moments dans la famille de Francisco (ami chilien de ...
My last week :(
... of the international programs. We filled out evaluation forms and discussed the activities we had done throughout our time in Chile. My group was definitely the best group! We had done so much more than any of the other groups, and I ...
My first day!
... T.V.! I went to my room to unpack, and soon after Margarita and Oscar (the dad) took me on a driving tour through Vina del Mar and to the seaport of Valparaiso. It was so neat, even through the rain. The streets here are very narrow and ...
Lieber spaet als nie!
Wie ja inzwischen alle wissen befind ich mich nun schon seit 5 Wochen am "Ende der Welt"!Ich muss allerdings sagen dass es mir hier sehr gut gefaellt! vorallem wenn ma reisen darf! Viña an sich ist ja ganz schoen aber auf die dauer nicht das richtige! ...
Quieres bailar ili kako su Balkanci...
... Na ulici sam primjetila jako puno pasa lutalica (pasa - mnozina od pas?!). kazu da je u valparaisu (grad koji se nalazi odmah pokraj vina del mar) jos gore sto se toga tice. Jucer smo isli na plazu tako da sam prvi puta "okupala" noge u oceanu :) voda je ...
Update on First few days in Chile
... The rest of the morning consisted of a trip to Vina Mar, one of the wineries in Casablanca, which is the valley near Vina del Mar that is filled with vineyards. And then I finally went to the beach downtown. Which was very crowded but also very beautiful ...
Happy July 4th!
Hola! I´m not emailing this entry becuase it is kind of useless, but hopefully you will read it eventually. Anyways, i just wanted to write down a few things so that I remember the funny things that have happened along the way. First of all, dad, I ...
Vina Del Mar to Atacama Desert
We make our way north originally following the coast road where the desert meets the sea. Occassionally we pass quaint fishing villages in the middle of nowhere. we stop for lunch and try the fish, straight of the boat, on to the ...
A Whole New Look at Chile
Thus far, my view of Chile has strictly been of Santiago. So today, my father and I took a little weekend vacation to Vina del Mar and Valparaiso, which are two cities that dot the Chilean coast and are located about 70 miles from Santiago. And although I ...
Seaside
... , then checked into a nice hotel with thick walls and slept for 4 hours more before going to explore. Well Sundays in Viña del Mar are not so happening, still it was lovely to explore the town, and chill out at the sea, and the sea some ...
Trekking
... who led our trip Pedro and Mattias were quite the opposite. They were crazy. They picked up 7 of us at the McDonald's in Vina and we piled our 9 backpacks into the back of a tiny cargo van with 2 people people sitting shotgun and the rest of us squashed ...
Pretty eventful weekend
... with some Chileans because many kids have Chilean siblings around the same age. We went into Valparaiso. And took a bus back to Vina, but without problems this time thank goodness. Saturday I got up early and went to the country side with my friend ...
Ne jadikuj mnogo nad sitnim bolovima...
... jer bi sudbinaa mogla početi da te liječi - krupnim. Kuca Pabla Nerude nalazi se u Valparaisu, onom mjestu koje me je jucer sokiralo. Ovih dana otici cemo tamo pa cu uploadat koju sliku (ako uspijem spojit kameru s laptopom jednoga dana!) ...
Chile in Summary
... on TV´s and projection screens at the clubs. I love 80´s music, so I´m not complaining. While in Valparaiso, we visited Viña del Mar 15 mins away by train, along the coast to the north. This is a huge beach resort destination in the summer time. ...
Cijelo selo smrce bijelo
Evo ga, za sat vremena krecem za Santiago (uzbudenjeee) :) tamo ce me cekati claudio, natalia i cristian koji su prosle godine bili na erasmusu u grazu. idemo van (uf!), a sutra spavam kod bojana koji je porijeklom srbin :D bilo kuda, balkan svuda :D ...
wer weiss was uns erwartet!
nahc der shcule gings mit der micro auf nach maitencillo! was uns ausser julian und lisa dort erwartet wussten wir nicht aber in der hoffnung auf schoene straende stiegen wir halt mal ein! was dabei rauskam seht ihr ja auf den ...
Beach time with Neil Cannon
Just got back from Viña del Mar, a coastal beach town close to Santiago (1.5hr bus). Met up with Neil Cannon, a mate from uni who has been living there for 6mths. His spanish is significantly better than mine, he has a Chilean girlfriend Annette who ...
ljudi moji, nemate vi pojma...
... , a meni je srce puklo kad sam to vidjela. cileanci, ocito, imaju jako izrazenu svijest za ocuvanje okolisa. prestrasno nesto! grad (vina del mar) mi se svida. barem ono sto sam vidjela iz auta. fora mi je bilo vidjet nekog lika koji breaka (breakdance) ...