Cabanas Las Terrazas de La Herradura
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First port stop... Coquimbo, Chile
... Sour was delicious and we bought a bottle to take back to the ship. Others in our group bought different flavors. The distillery stop was a definite hit!
From the distillery, we drove to the colonial town of Vicuna, the main town of the Elqui Valley. We explored the main square and nearby streets. From Vicuna, we traveled to La Serena, Chile's 2nd oldest city, founded in 1544 ...
Walking the walk in Coquimbo
... to the supermarket.
Going to the supermarket, we found it was really super. It was about the size of an airport hangar, a little bit bigger than the average Costco store. We bought some wine and began walking back to the ship. I saw a sign for a Bernardo O’Higgins park; ever since I first learned about the wars for South American independence and Bernardo O’Higgins, I have been fascinated by him, so ...
Beautiful Coquimbo
... NOT speak English! I know what your thinking HELLO its CHILE! But it specifically said on the website staff speaks English- no this is NOT the case! Then she grabs one side of my bag and al I can think is oh my god this woman is 70 and she is helping me with my 50 pound bag shes going to break a hip but the again Im not lifting this thing all by myself, stop feeling bad for her! Yeah yeah im an ass whatever.
We get up there she is talking to ...
Day 63 – Discovering La Serena
... invested heavily in this area. In exchange for its land, Chile has bartered for use of 10% of the telescope time here. When you consider that it costs over 80,000 Euros for a minute of time, that’s not a bad deal.
Though nothing compared to the size of the big telescopes, we still feel a little like James Bond as we move the observatory dome to view the night sky. Each time we move to a new target in the sky there’s ...
Man flu hits La Serena!
... back (all in all I'm going with 16km). Although there is now no feeling in the butt, it was lots of fun and great to see the fishing village up the road and the view from the top of the hill.
Tomorrow we head to Bahia Inglesia where we are apparently staying 20m from the beach! Exciting.
PS: I'm sure you can all read between the lines... Dave has the man ...
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