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La Serena Slideshow
La Serena
Travel Blogs from La Serena, Chile
Santiago and La Serena
... of bedsheets at 3 in the morning before falling asleep. Because were cool. On the Saturday we had to get a 7 hour bus up North to La Serena. At this point we had become quite good friends with Sally and Sabah, so we decided to get the bus with them and ...
Saturn Thru A Telescope, Easter Island Statue
... i can be, I was after some Lapiz Lazuli which is a gorgeous blue gem stone found in Chile and i found it at the artisans market in La Serena along with a large, raw chunk of the turquoise coloured malaquita and some fools gold for fun.. We have ...
A cannon and an old lighthouse
Further south to a trendy beach town. La Serana. Well I wouldn't say its a beach town as the beach is 4 Km from the town. Id expect a beach town to be on the beach at least.. Nevertheless, it is a pleasant place to be by the sea. Well near it at least. ...
Heading North
... on the bus. I´ll fill in the names later but we stopped en route at a tranquil fishing village before getting a tour of La Serena and heading to the hostel. Not the greatest place I´ve stayed but that´s the nature of hostels, you never know ...
We made it to Chile!
... hours north of Santiago, the capital) in the afternoon and found a cute hostel with a sunny and flowery patio. La Serena is a beach town and popular vacation spot for Chileans, with a beautiful downtown of neocolonial architecture, tiled streets ...
La Serena
... on we followed the coast road for a while before getting on the main road going north as we made our way to the town of La Serena. This area as we went along was quite hilly and very dry and arid. Unfortunately once again the whole area was quite misty ...
Relaxing in La Serena
... screaming kid for half of the 20 hr ride. I think Nate may be against having kids after that experience. So...we´re in La Serena. It´s really just a nice town with pretty architecture and it looks like it´s a pretty lively beach town when it´s in ...
Pay it Forward
... slowly changed today from nothing but sand to cacti and then finally grasses and trees. We stopped apx 10 kilometers outside of La Serena for a washroom break and coffee. While sitting at the outdoor tables enjoying the sun. We both feel a tremor. I look ...
Back to the Beach!
... was a fantastic tour and worth the late night return. The following day we enjoyed a beautiful fall day down by the beach. La Serena has a nice long strech of beach that was practically empty as it is low season. We enjoyed a sunny afternoon ...
Passing the time...
... things to do in Chile for reasons like 'weather' and 'boring'. That was why we ended up spending far too much time in La Serena, wandering about, going to Jumbo and watching movies. Oddly enough the last time I came to Chile, the exact same thing ...
La Serena, Chile
From Valporaiso we travelled further north to La Serena, which is a little town a couple of kms from the beach. This was to be used as a base to go on a couple of excursions over the next couple of days. After spending the first day ...
The Ladies and the Mermaid
... brief period of then forgetting to check the other side of the road. My self-congratulation soon passed after a couple of near collisions. La Serena does have some saving graces. Firstly, albeit a little cruel, they have a 2.5m Moai from Easter Island in ...
I wish the British Empire included South America..
We are now resting in the sunny beach town that is La Serena. The fact that it is overcast & dull doesnt matter to us chipper kids, the internet place rocks! Had an 8 hr bus ride from Santiago ( sad to leave such an awesome city) which wasnt too ...
La Serena
... llunes, i sentir-nos per una vegada en la vida com un modern i modest Galileu. *************************** I arrived at La Serena by night bus after covering the 700 km from Valparaiso. I am a bit tired as I get there at 6AM but ...
La tete dans les etoiles
J'ai visite hier soir un observatoire a une de la Serena, l'Observatoire Mamalluca. le ciel du sud de l'Amerique du sud est le plus clair ou un des plus clair du monde et donc beaucoup de pays installent des observatoires, toujours de plus en plus ...
QueensU Mining Eng Field Trip To Chile
... sweet and mostly in English - ie not having to wait for a translation on everything. In the afternoon we headed back to the La Serena/Coquimbo area about 4 hours drive back towards Santiago. We booked into stay at another hostel which used to be a French ...
Chilean Low
... for me to understand as I don't think I look much different from the average Chilean. After a few days hanging around in La Serena, including feeling a bit more "homely" by cooking my own meals, I headed for the neighbouring city of Coquimbo for a ...
La Serena
Well La Serena (meaning tranquilo) is a cool place. Quite up market and everyone here just seems to cruise, no one is in a hurry or nothing is a big stress. Just had a look around at the Churches and Gardens ( cool wee japanese garden too!) and talked to ...
Penguins and Stars
... I understand, this may not distinguish it from Bakersfield anymore!!). Apart from being a convenient stop on our way south to Santiago, La Serena offered some sights of its own. The first was a trip to a local national park for a spot of wildlife ...
La Serena
... fera partager sa "passion" pour la cuisine et le sport. Pains perdus au petit déj et départ pour "el faro" de La Serena. Phare pas très impressionnant mais tout de même entouré par une jolie plage. Nous partons ensuite pour Vicuña, dans la Valle ...
La Serena - the best burgers in Chile!
... for us they cried something about 'cancelled due to bad weather'! We think that was crap and they just forgot us!!!!! Anyway, we made sure they returned our money ... then we went and bought more wine!!!! Bye, bye La Sarena ... Chile is still ...
Have a nice trip?!
... are uneven and we have both nearly fallen several times. And no, not because of the alcohol! We have spent the last four days in La Serena and it has been lovely. Again we had a really nice hotel with a great breakfast and a bath in our en-suite, which ...
Where is the sun?
... to see the salt flats. To pass the time in La Serena we decided to go on a trip out to some islands near La Serena, Isla Damas and another couple of small ones. The islands are nature reserves and there are dolphins, sea lions, penguins and many ...
Into the wild
... shopping trolleys and 20 different types of beer... Apart from feeling like I had travelled across the world to enter a latino Australia, La Serena was actually pretty nice, a little too many happy couples for my liking on valentines day. But I did ...
Pisco leads to stars
After a very long trip (more than 24 hour all in all and 3 toll controls), I eventually arrived to La Serena and were back in Chile. I enjoyed the city. It has a nice style with colonial and modern architecture and most of the people are friendly (just ...