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Vina del Mar Slideshow
Vina del Mar
Travel Blogs from Vina del Mar, Chile
Tour of Viña del Mar and Valparaiso
... he was 26. That didnt put him off judging from the note he slipped into my hand at 8am (see photos!!!). First stop was Viña del Nar, upmarket resort, quite nice but no swimming as the Pacific is too cold...The US guy took me out to lunch, ahhh, I ...
VINA DEL MAR
Vina de Mar - Pretty close from Valparaiso (only 15 mn by bus). This is a really nice little town, where you can shop nearly everything you want. This place is well know for its Music Festival every year in February. Really had a good time ...
O the pain!
... some other people from our hostel. It is deff. a lively city at night... we drank too much here aswell... we all did. It was sad to leave Chile! It felt like home and gave us a lot of great memories, some we are still trying to piece ...
Vina del Mar - Valparaiso
... del Mar... pues bueno, casi mejor, a la playita! Un poco mas de una hora y ya estabamos bajando las colinas que separan Vina del Mar de Valparaiso, fuimos a buscar a Octavio (hijo de Natalie) y nos fuimos a comer al centro de la ciudad, antes una zona ...
The San Diego of Chile
... 's counterpart somewhere in South America. here it was, about a month and a half into the trip, we have found it in Vina Del Mar, Chile. We arrived in Valparaiso at about 10 or so at night which is about 2 hours away from Santiago. Its actually cheaper ...
Chilling in chile
... mean that i missed the start of my GAP tour, but you will fiind out the story as it is told! Most of the ti in chile was spend hanging with robertos friends and going partyig to local places and speaking spanish drunk (which is when i am at my best) ...
Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar on the Pacific Coast
... some Spanish (with the aid of our phrase book) I made the mistake of asking the ladies about the sights of Vina Del Mar..... what a mistake!! This simple question gave rise to a discussion in Spanish between Sofia and Amanda and their offer to drive ...
Goodbye to 4 Norte 666, I moved apartments!
We got back to Buenos Aires early in the morning and forgot that it is semana santa (Easter week). So we had to leave right away or be stuck there for a week..... so we hopped on another bus for 20 hours! oh yes! Long bus ride short, we are back in ...
Not inspired
... seats, toilets, curtains etc etc. Pretty much the same as our overnight buses elsewhere..but even then maybe a little nicer. Vina del Mar is a nice beach area (although generally too cold and windy for sunbathing). It is bigger than you would think ...
Viña del Mar y Valparaiso
... and colleague Juan Carlos Collarte and spending a night in Santiago we journeyed to the west. We spent a relaxing week in Viña del Mar and Valparaiso, two neighbourhing cities on the coast. A quick bus ride in a comfortable Turbus bus gets you there ...
Fun Times at Vina Del Mar and Valpo
... Del Mar was where i stayed during the week before Easter Island. I spent about 5 days here and saw both Valporaiso and Vina Del Mar. I felt i didn't get enough of the sites for both Vina Del Mar and Valporaiso, so this was my second visit. Enjoy the ...
Valparaiso : visite avec Paz
... et on est parti, après avoir dit adieu à Gaston, qui a été un très bon hôte ! On a pris un bus pour aller à Viña del Mar, et 45 minutes plus tard, on arrivait dans la maison de Paz, qui vit avec son frère Juan Carlos et sa mère Yolanda. Ils ...
Le Parc National de La Campana
Finalement, on a dû se lever vers 7h30. L'objectif du jour était d'aller randonerr au parc national de La Campana, proche de Viña del Mar. Petit déjeuner, quelques courses, un taxi-co, un métro, un autre bus, et on arrivait à Olmué, village à ...
New Years
We caught the 1 hour bus from Santiago to Vina Del Mar on the 30th to spend New Years on the coast. They say that Valparaiso (the next town along) has the biggest fireworks display in South America and an awesome street party for new years so we were ...
To climb every mountain... or to ford every stream
... to go. Everyone looked at us like we were odd and hard to understand. Finally someone told us that we were in VIÑA DEL MAR.. a completely different city. I cant believe we were in the wrong city.. isnt that hillarious? It turns out that viña and ...
Santiago and Easter in Vina del Mar/Valparaiso
... return to Santiago to buy a new camera and as the journy was relatively short, he went back on Monday to collect it! Vina del Mar is a seaside town that reminded me of Hastings in England. We spent some time on the beach, although the weather ...
Road Trip, Chile!
... to San Francisco. Endless hills hugged against a huge bay on the coast. Around midnight, we decided to head to Vina del Mar, the beachtown that's just north. This was a good call, we woke up to an overcast beach, and spent the ...
Christmas at the beach
... food and good company. Pity they arrived as we are leaving but we'll see them again when we get to Peru. Our time in Vina Del Mar has been very relaxing. It is a lovely town with a good atmosphere and a couple of great beaches. Definitely a good choice ...
Palaces and Holiday Condos
... mini bus driver who seemed to put more near death experiences into a 15 minute journey than you normally get in a year. Vina is a slightly strange mix of high rise holiday apartments mixed with some beautiful gardens and old mansions and palaces. Spent ...
Beach Day
A day spent on the beach. In the morning in Renaca further north up the coast from Vina del Mar, and then the afternoon on the beach at Vina. The airforce spent the afternoon doing stunts and flying formations, including a heart in smoke for Valentine's ...
We took Chile by storm
... Wednesday afternoon came so quickly. I honestly was making us go the long way(which really isn't that long considering how small Vina del Mar is compared to Buenos Aires) just to have Amanda stay a little longer. Even though it was a little hard ...
Oh yeah I have to go to school huh?
... street. On the other hand I know several people who are going to have to go to Valparaiso for one class and then Vina del Mar for their next class. Also, at least for foreign exchange students, we have to preregister for class and then visit every class ...
The Finale De Chile
... the biggest Chilean dinner that I had ever seen which was served at 2 am on the balcony of Barbara's house that overlooks Vina Del Mar and the beach! Even Papa who works at 6 am was up (not to mention he was late for work this morning ...
Absorbing so much from all sorts of angles
... it is in Valparaíso. I found GBU through Intervarsity’s international organization IFES. GBU has chapters in the majority of universities in Chile and there is a chapter at PUCV or aka “La Católica” (where I study.) Even though I ...
Chile Waters...brrrr
... - nor even had the desire to shop much. Glad we chose to stay in Valparaiso - as it has so much more character than Vina Del Mar, though does not have the beaches. Navy boats and sailors though:) Spent our last night here relaxing in our loft - as have ...
My last day of summer
... spot furthest away from my house. Right now it is the middle of winter here in Chile but it is almost the same weather here in Viña del Mar than it is in San Clemente (but it was overcast today so a lot of the pictures came out a little gray but also I ...
another chance to see a circus in Chile?
... Laguna Verde I feel that a full nights rest is in order. I am so excited that this Thursday I get to see Amanda in Buenos Aires!! I have heard it is so different compared to Valparaiso/Vina del Mar and I am excited to see for myself why. ...