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Vina del Mar Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Vina del Mar, Chile
Reminsence of Del Mar, San Diego!
... Oh yeah, this cafe was also the setting for a foreign movie called Mi Amor en Valparaiso - probably one of the few successful Chile-made movies ever. An observation fact - there are more perros {dogs} than the population of ANY chile towns. Thank God ...
Vina del Mar, Chile
... about 1. So the afternoons were spent lazing on the beach. We tried to watch the England game on Saturday, but apparently the Chile v Uruguay game took priority! So again, just a few lazy days by the beach to catch up on some sun. Before a ...
let the party begin...
u srijedu smo esteban i ja bili na pjescanim dinama i bilo je fenomenalno! ;) nisam znala da je tako tesko popeti se 10m hodajuci po pijesku :) s "vrha" vidi se grad i ocean, totalno fenomenalni pogled :) na drugom brdu bili su neki ljudi koji su se po ...
Where is the sun????????
So we headed to the coast in the hope of even more sunshine than there was in Santiago. Well we arrived and the town was covered in a thick fog which has been there ever since. So its back to wearing all the clothes I own!! The youth hostel, el Yoyo, is ...
Valparaiso, Vina Del Mar
... . As we walked over it we felt quite dizzy or was it the Pisco Sour? There is a new metro system between Valparaiso and Vina del Mar(the Las Vegas of the area)to the north so travelling around was easy. Vina is modern and high-rise. Further north ...
Day 2
I arrived safely in Chile yesterday afternoon. My new roommates are Teri (from Canada), Lauren (from Florida), and Marta (from Norway). They are all very nice girls and were very good about showing me around the neighborhood. I got to go to the ...
Vamos a la playa
... lequel on trouve une grande variété d'arbres du monde entier et où se trouve le palais Vergara (musée des beaux arts de Viña del Mar). Je pars le soir même vers Pucon, destination que m'avait recommandé un Israëlien lors de mon séjour à ...
A weekend in Viña and Valpo
Señora Nelly´s daughter Lupe invited me to visit her home in the touristic Viña del Mar. The city feels like a luxurious Mediterranean place with its beautiful cafés and palm trees and it is a place I definitely want to return to one day. Valparaiso, ...
Halfway Done!
I am officially half done with the study abroad program. I had my presentation in culture yesterday and my test in grammar today. That makes it so I have finished 6 of the 9 credits I am getting here. :) Yay! Yesterday it was Anne's birthday. I went ...
Chilly in Chile!
... an afternoon! Our last long distance bus trip in South America (yay!) was the 12 hour journey down the coast to Vina Del Mar (Pullman, 13,000P). It wasn’t a bad journey but I really couldn’t sleep a wink - even with the sleeping pills ...
The best falafel in Viña del Mar
Two names, Antonia and Rúben Vives Cickovic. Remember them and get a falafel at their Cafe Jerusalem if you're ever in Viña del Mar (just 'Viña' locally). The Arabic coffee wasn't quite up to par, but this is not a coffee-loving country, and the ...
Bowling, Scratch, Dogs, and Skiing
Skiing is tomorrow! I am so excited, although I have to get up at 3:30 in the morning. It will be a long and amazing day. It is going to end up around 120 US dollars for the transportation to the ski resort, renting the skis, boots, and poles, and for ...
A Veces Sencillo en Maitencillo
Just finishing up a beautiful and relaxing weekend... On Saturday I went with Ronnie and Margarita to a cookout called an Asado with all of their friends and colleagues from the bookstore. I piled into a tiny volkswagen lent to us by a family friend with ...
The Dark Crystal
... .... wow! I took the bus overnight from Mendoza to Chile and ended up befriending a family going on a 2 week vacation to Chile who couldn´t believe I was travelling on my own and made me come with them to a hostel-like establishment. The weather ...
Viña del Mar
How to get there: take a pleasant 10 minute metro ride from Valparaiso on the new metro train. Vina del Mar was our favourite in Chile. A big beach, sun shining and lots of splendid plazas to kick back in. We wandered about the ...
Slight Change In Plans...
... or a lotto agent, sells kitchen utensils. So if you ever have the desire to buy a wooden spoon, an egg beater or a spatula, Viña del Mar is the place to purchase it at. Hope you enjoy the photos and the little game of "Spot The Icecream Seller" I have ...
Six Days Left...
... . I have mixed feelings about coming home. I feel ready to come home, but at the same time, I really don't want to leave Chile. I don't know what to expect when I get home! I've read that reverse culture shock can be worse than culture shock... I really ...
Foncktastic
... lots of leg room, a tv and was immaculately clean. The road took us by vast vineyards and the rolling Andean foothills. Vina Del Mar is a typical pretty tourist town filled with shops and bars. The locals seemed very happy sat around with an ice-cream. ...
Last Minute Plans
... two chairs, I almost forgot that I was ridiculously hungover myself. After the stray dogs gave me my first memory of Viña del Mar, it seemed only natural when they also provided the final piece of entertainment as we walked to the bus station to leave ...
2 nights on the bus =(
Took the bus from Santiago to Arica, Chile. 30 hours of my life I´ll never get back, but saw some great ...
Ah, a bit of peace 'n' quiet......
We took the bus out to Vina Del Mar from Santiago (about 2 hrs) to escape the hustle and bustle for a few days. The place we were staying at was a massive old building up on Cerro Castillo, a hill for the rich and famous - the president's summer ...
Kontrastprogramm
... , riesige Shoppingcenter und Casino... Ein Local den wir in Valparaiso kennengelernt haben hat uns also ein wenig Vina del Mar gezeigt....krasser Kontrast!!! Haben uns am Abend alle zusammen den Sonnenuntergang angeschaut und sind dann wieder ...
one time when i was living in south america...
... my study abroad program, asking me if I would consider missing METEOROLGY tomorrow to go to santiago to meet the PRESIDENT OF CHILE. I said I think meterology can wait. President Michele Bachelet (yes, a woman) was holding a press conference to honor a ...
Weekend trip to the Coast
... circuit judges are women. However, there are almost no women judges in the appellate level and only one on the supreme court. Vina Del Mar: After Valpo, we traveled the ten other miles or so to Vina Del Mar, a small coastal town, mostly for ...
Vina del Mar
A few lazy days by the beach before heading off to New Zealand....just what was required after all that stress!! Beautiful part of the country, the beaches were pretty, the people were lovely and the seafood was ...
Christmas by the beach
¡Feliz Navidad a todos! We stayed with a Finnish-Chilean family´s beautiful house for Christmas and even got to see "el viejo pasquero", shame Sergio´s brother popped out so he did not get to see Santa. Outi and Sergio´s three kids are lovely and ...
Day 221: Valparaiso
It's Labor Day in Chile, a national holiday. Jet lag sends me to sleep (finally!) at 5am and I oversleep. Miraculously I manage to get out of bed, across town on a metro train and onto my booked coach to Valparaiso within 30 minutes, though sadly deprived ...
Old English Toffee
... and trying to guess if I was the only foreigner on the bus was my main means of entertainment after that. We arrrived in Viña del Mar and her granfather came to pick us up and took us back to his house where her grandmother had prepared onces - the ...
A day at the beach, well sort of......
... Valpo and getting a crappy room in Viña. We quickly decided to stay in Valparaiso the whole time. We chatted about going to Viña del Mar on Monday, the 13th. Our host put the kibosh on that. He said that the new Chilean president's inauguration was ...