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La Serena Slideshow
La Serena
Travel Blogs from La Serena, Chile
Churches and Neo-Colonial Buildings
Spent the day exploring La Serena, one of the oldest cities in Chile. There are many churches, nearly on every corner and a slightly strange mix of old colonial buildings and newer "colonial style" buildings from the late 1940s and '50s which seem a bit ...
Pisco and the stars!
The arrival in La Serena proved for sure that Emma was back on her feet as we were seduced into accepting a hostel room on the basis of them having a "cute" dog called Lily! Fortunately for her it was a really nice hostel, possibly the nicest we have ...
The end of an era
... football as the Copa America is on at the moment. The room was absolutely freezing so we had to put extra blankets on. I am sure La Serena would have looked more beautiful in the sunshine but it was a grey and dreary day the next day. We did wander ...
Chili - La Serena
... rustig is, dan was ik hier komen overnachten in plaats van in La Serena! Alles ligt ook veel dichter bij Vicuña dan La Serena, deze heuvel, de 'sterrenwacht' en de pisco plantages (daar ben ik jammer genoeg niet meer geraakt). De avond gevuld met het ...
Copiapo, Bahia Inglesa
Copiapo, *** and Bahia Inglesa, ****, Sunday May 13th-14th, 2007. We have officially reached Chile. Today I saw two Mothers scolding their children for throwing rubbish on the ground. Praise the Lord and his angels..someone in South America knows ...
Northward
Spent most of the day on the bus from Santiago up to La Serena, about 6 hours and 350 miles. Almost as soon as we left Santiago, the scenery became arid hills with just some occasional scrubby bushes. There wer a couple of valleys cutting across with ...
I quit my job exactly a year ago, wahoooooo
... feels pretty damn good to be out traveling and to not be sitting behind a desk (no offense if you are sitting behind a desk). La Serena seems like a nice little town with a pretty main street. Not actually much to do here. Just doing lots ...
La Serena
Fri 23/9 – Serenely La Serena Woke up at around 08h30 on the bus, which isn't a bad night’s sleep at all. They gave us some biscuits, peanuts and juice last night and then another juice and an alfajores mid-morning while playing an American ...
the desert
... . bless them, easily pleased. then we went to an old nitrate mine adn prsion of war camp. i didnt know theyd had wars in chile. it was alright but really hot and i got a bit dehrdyated and sick, but everyone was nice and looked after me adn after lots of ...
random place in desert
after la serena we went and saw thë ¨hand in the desert¨ which is a scultpture of a hand surprisingly and is just stuck in the middle of the desert. driving through compltelty barren rocky coutnry. its the national park but i cant remember the ...
la serena
... but am not sure it was a good idea to leave me in charge of the gas canisters and hot oil in that state. drove and slept all day and then headed to next camp site. la serena was nice,. wouldve been good to see it in peak season but was still ...
little holiday place on the coast
... of the terrain dwarfs us and as the sun gets lower in the sky it takes on a wonderful sensual quality. We arrive in La Serena as the sun is setting. It is by far the most casual landing we've had. No immigration authorities, no ...
La Serena
La Serena stopover
Not a huge amount to say about La Serena. Spent 2 nights here on either side of visiting the Elqui Valley, nice hostel but didn't do a huge amount other than walk down to the beach and ...
The Elqui Valley and Making new friends
... that I may need more time to see and do just a fraction of what this continent offers. The guidebook refers to la Serena as the prime beach resort town of Chile but It didn't really appeal to me all that much. Perhaps we are a bit too spoilt with our ...
lovley small coastal town
La serena is pretty and relaxed, and although we only passed through on our way to other places we enjoyed some nice meals (dulche de leches pancakes) and had the added excitement of being involved in the tsunami evacuation simulation. Which meant ...
It's the journey not the destination
... area. The view even at the base was incredible. We could see all of Coquimbo and even parts of La Serena. At least for me, I will always remember how Chile has so many panoramic views that are absolutely breath taking-this was one of them. After the view ...
My birthday and more in La Serena
... here, on some big, fancy important channel, which I came across quite often! Then I went to the blockbuster video store in La Serena where I saw an Icelandic movie, which I didn't even know had gone international! Called "Nói Albino" - in Icelandic with ...
Hitch Hiking Chile!
... about finding a room at this time of day, at this time of year, cause it was as if the whole of Chile was heading to Valle del Elqui, near La Serena for the Fiestas Patrias. I didn't have any numbers to call, either, but remembered the hotel me and my ...
Bike ride to Coquimbo
La Serena stills in a huge bay. From the beach you can see Coquimbo, another town at the end of the bay. There's a cycle path round the bay. So we hired some bikes for the afternoon. Darren didn’t want to stop at the first place ...
Elqui Valley & Pisco tasting
... Chilean, but had lived in Canada so spoke excellent English. He spoke to us using a headset whilst driving. Just outside La Serena the landscape changed quickly. It was very green. This is where they grow almost every fruit and ...
Patrick Moore´s favourite place
... serve. Heart attack on a plate!!! But absolutely delicious, to be had once a year at most. After Valpo I took a bus to La Serena, another Pacific coast city, that is filled with charming Spanish colonial style churches and boulevards. La Serena is at the ...
Norte chico
... d'Atacama et la frontiere avec le Perou) vers lequel je me dirige. Cerise sur le gateau, j'ai pu assister a une fete locale dans les environs de la Serena (dans la vallee de l'Elqui exactement connue pour produire de l'excellent pisco - boisson ...
Day bus....only 7 hours
Yesterday we had hoped to go down to the beach, but it was a cold grey day. We stayed indoors most of the day trying to sort out iTunes and pictures. We did go for a walk late afternoon to the Japanese garden; it was only 1000 pesos each. A ...
Arrived in La Serena
... service and guess what we got to eat? A cookie and a pineapple juice. Bring back the Argentine buses. We arrived in La Serena at about 12.30pm and it was scorching hot. We had directions to our hostel which was supposed to be in ...
Through the Desert to the beach
... started much better, i was feeling a lot better, and they cooked us pancakes for breakfast, which also helped my feeling better. La Serena is a huge beach town, but very Americanised, and so the girls and I headed for the mall for a little shopping ...
Stary eyed
... on 10th September. A 16 hour bus, 24 hour bus and then a 6 hour bus to get there, but not without stopping at La Serena first to visit an Observatory. With not much time to spare we checked in a hostel then headed out to gather information on ...
La Serena Day 2
Woke late at 956 due to late bedtime. Mike apologised for keeping me out but I hadn´t realised the girl had been on the observatory tour and thus they´d only had the time I´d given them in the tent (Mike didn´t go you see) so I even more ...