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Valparaiso Slideshow
Valparaiso
Travel Blogs from Valparaiso, Chile
Ausflug nach Valparaíso
Wie gehabt, erst mal die Fotos...das nächste Update gibts dann am Sonntag - sind jetzt erst mal für ein paar Tage in Nationalparks und Anden ...
Pablo Neruda's houses
Yesterday and today we have been on the trail of Pablo Neruda, possibly Chile's most famous poet, politician and statesman. He lived for many years in 'Valpo' and owned houses there, in Santiago & on the coast at Isla Negra. Yesterday we climbed the ...
An old port town
... with folk from South Africa, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brasil, Spain, France, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Australia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Nigeria, Iceland, Finland, Guyana, Italy, Holland, Israel, Portugal. So, ...
planlos durch die stadt!
nach schwimmen, deutsch, spanisch und buecherei war ich heute mit anna in valparaiso. das wetter war mal wieder nicht so gut aber lustig war es trotzdem. durch das zentrum und anna ans pablo neruda haus begleitet da ich dieses schon besichtigt hatte! von ...
Quaint houses on hills
Valparaiso Sensibly, I had muted expectations for Valparaiso. The book (Lonely Planet) raves about the place but says, somewhat contemptuously, that some people just don't get the city. I reckoned that I had a pretty high risk profile. Valparaiso is on ...
Mucha Arte!
... for almuerzo and took a nice nap. I headed back to the University with my host dad (because he had to go to Valparaiso for work) around 3 PM. After meeting up with my classmates, we headed to Cerro Alegre to watch Charkypunk and one of his ...
Ariba Ariba!!!
... running. Santiago is nothing amazing, I was not expecting it to be to be honest as it is not one of the attractions of Chile, but we had a good time going around the museums and the mad fenucular-cable cars they have, I will put a couple of pictures ...
Visit of Valparaiso
I left early from Santiago as Valparaiso was just 2 hours drive and I arrived with a military orchestra they were at least 3 different orchestra and was really funny to see that they were as fresh as me in the morning. Then I start the visit of the town ...
Heading North
We caught a night bus back to Santiago and arrived early yesterday morning to catch another bus to the coastal city of Valparaiso. With no accommodation booked, we caught a taxi and found a place pretty quickly in one of the most random places we ...
Up and down the lifts in Valparaiso!
... you wouldn´t want to. Caroline was worried that I might over use my camera here as it is an amateur photographers dream. Valparaiso is a sea sound town and part. The town played an important role in the development of the Chilean navy, Helped ...
Ascensores
Yesterday (look at that, i´m all caught up and writing about yesterday), we did a walking tour of valparaíso. this is really a neat town. like i said, it´s built on hills, so the houses are practically built on top of each other. ...
Spending The Day Where Pirates Roamed
... there is more to see. For now we are happily settled in our new home for a few days. The lake district of Chile. Active volcanos and happy people with lots of hiking, biking and hot pools. But that´s for the next blog. For ...
Passing Time near the Pacific
Trying to cram everything I could possibly see in Chile into my short week there, I decided to jump on the 9AM bus to Valparaíso. It'd been recommended by a number of people, but I wasn't quite sure what was there to do, so with no real plan I arrived an ...
Valparaiso- ogsaa kaldt Pearl of the pacific
... i Temuco. Vi tog i aftes en natbus fra Temuco, og ankom i morges ,efter 10 timers korsel til Valparaiso. Valparaiso er den 2.storste by i Chile, og ligger ca 1,5 times korsel nord fra hovedstaden Santiaco. Bussen var faktisk super laekker, og vi er ...
Valpo
... people from the same hostel we stayed at in Santiago, and caught a public bus to Viña del Mar, about 30 minutes drive from Valparaiso. Our driver was a maniac and was easily going over the speed limit, but we survived. On the way to the bus station ...
Pacific Ocean from the other side
Arrived in Valparaiso expecting to spend 2 nights tops. Have now been here four counting tonight. Valparaiso is an average size historic port city to the West of Santiago. It once boomed as a port city before the Panama Canal was opened. The ...
Sigh...
Hi all, Well its Wednesday afternoon and I am here in Viña del mar at the moment. Heres the latest... - Mandy and I walked about Puerto Varas 2 days ago. Really cute city, very quiant and very German - We stayed up the night before ...
Valparaiso: hell's paradise?
... fosse o constante mau cheiro e aspecto sujo das ruas e exterior das casas. Talvez a UNESCO devesse rever a classificação de Valparaiso, pois não parece estar a ser suficientemente bem protegida. Valparaiso is a coastal city, 1h30 by bus from Santiago. ...
My orientation to the University and the city!
... of students walking around). At 2:30 PM, I met up with Oscar (who had been working in Valparaiso) and Margarita (who had gone shopping for her new granddaughter to be). We had to stop to ...
My last week :(
... were able to say goodbye to. First, however, we went on one last mini adventure. We walked to Plaza Victoria in Valparaiso, and we finally convinced Crystal to ride the dragon ride that swung back and forth. I got quite the kick out of ...
graffiti and a med climate in Valpairaiso
... highest in the world, looked just amazing and very close to Santiago even though it's in Argentina. On arrival took a bus to Valparaiso and at a random hostel. The city seems to have attitude, great graffiti and a riot of colourful buildings up he hills ...
Die wolln mich doch alle...
... Ich hab mich also richtig geaergert und beschlossen, das Ticket, wenn auch mit starken Bauschmerzen, verfallen zu lassen und nach Valparaiso zu fahren um dann mit dem Bus richtung Sueden zu fahren. Irgendwo festsitzen schockt mich naemlich auch nicht an. ...
Valparaiso
... the cinema . Next day we decided to do some more cultural things. We checked out all the graffiti which is everywhere in Valparaiso and is pretty much encouraged as it`s all so good. All the houses, many made of corrugated iron, which spread irregularly ...
Quatrième journée à Valparaiso
Lucie et moi ne sommes pas de bonne humeur ce matin, j'irai à Valparaiso tandis qu'elle ira a Viña. Visite du musée de l'astronomie puis direction le Cerro Concepcion, le quartier classé patrimoine de l'UNESCO. Avec le soleil, c'est encore plus joli ...
Valparaiso
... . The next morning our friends Jordan and Chris arrived at the hostel and it was time for another session. A quick 5 minute walk around Valparaiso made us realise there was bugger all to do or see there so we headed to Bar Irlandes. Tins of Strongbow a ...
many escudos later
... just to say "one moment please, we are just looking". but yes mum il take more photos of the indiginous tribes for you! :) valparaiso is very kind to your wallet, it doesnt require much money, iv only spent about 25quid in 2 days (inc ...
Valpo and Santo
... plowing through, plus significanlty cheaper. So a mere 5 days after having crossed the Andes into Chile we were recrossing back to Argentina. Unfortunately, in the interval somebody decided to dump about a billion ...
Valpo!
... up meeting Chiara, a CNN presenter who has just quit her job to go searching for information on her Great great grandmother who lived in Valparaiso and whose memory has been lost in time. We also met the cafe owner, who offered to drive us to Santa Cruz, ...