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Another charming port town
Although a good four hours north of Valparaiso and Vina del Mar, Coquimbo and La Serena have a similar feel. La Serena is the pretty, gentrified city on the coast and Coquimbo is just before it, perched on an arid, rocky peninsula and a working port town. We stayed in Coquimbo at Nomade Hostal, in a huge old house overlooking the harbour with two …
First port stop... Coquimbo, Chile
... conquistador, Pedro de Valdivia. We walked through La Serena's Plaza de Armas, passed Santo Domingo Church, which dates back to 1673. We continued down the main thoroughfare, where shops were closed because it was Sunday. Our last stop was La Recoba Market, which was open. It was a large market with shops and stalls, selling everything from arts and crafts to lapis lazuli jewelry to ...
Walking the walk in Coquimbo
... to walk through the park. It turns out that this also gave me a chance to get some pictures of the mosque in Coquimbo, which is the only mosque in Chile, if the person in the tourist kiosk can be believed.
From the park, our way back led through the fish market, which is about four blocks long, and includes vendors of vegetables and meals as well as fish. At the end of the fish market is a sort of park with ...
Beautiful Coquimbo
... Spanish and explaining everything which I have no idea she leaves the room and im still standing there. She comes back oh she wants me to follow ok.. the place is ENORMOUS! The ceilings themselves are like 20 feet high the doors are not only tall they are WIDE! On my wing alone there are 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms! I got my own room with 2 beds in it for 16 dollars a night not bad. Then she gives me a glass of pisco sour (so much for my no drinking for ...
Day 63 – Discovering La Serena
... booming sound as the motors rotate the slit in the dome.
Our targets are a bit of a repeat of our experience in San Pedro, but they were so amazing the first time that we’re happy we get another opportunity. The first view was of Jupiter, where we can clearly see 3 of its 53 moons.
We traced through the night sky looking at the moon before our final object, M7. It is actually a view of two stars, a giant red ...
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