Valparaiso is called the Bohemian capital of Chile, not quite sure what this means but we headed off there anyway. We met Mariana and the local tube station to begin our class trip. I promptly walked to the ticket office and with my new found fluency in Spanish ordered two metro tickets. I think the holding two fingers up and pointing at the tic...

In Valparaiso for two nights and not really loving it. This place is highly recommended by Lonely planet, but it is a bit messy and dirty iīd say. I prefered Santiago. There not much to do either, i canīt seem to find any tours, so i spend this two days just walking around town with Alex

February 28th to 2nd March 2008 - Valparaiso Our final overnight bus in South America brought us across the border and into Chile bright and early as we dropped off at 5.30am. It was not without incident however as we had some smugglers at the border who were trying to get an orange across in to Chile but were thwarted by the expert nose of the ...

Yesterday was another day at sea. Not too much happening, except the final art auction and the raffle for the $500 credit. Needless to say, I bought another piece (giving us another chance at the raffle). As the auction concluded, the raffle was pulled - AND WE WON! $500 to put toward our purchases. That certainly helped. We arrived at Valparais...

ENGLISH - Deutsch, bitte runterfahren After our big night in Santiago de Chile. Mauro, Paul's Chilean friend invited us for a day trip to Valparaiso and Viņa del Mar. Valparaiso is a fantastic place with lot's of history. The buildings were so pretty and do have lot's of different colors. Once we arrived there, we went on a harbor cruise and gue...

Unfortunately school has been keeping me really busy lately, but I did find time to go for a day to Valparaiso with some friends, about an hour and a half from Santiago. Valparaiso is a port city completely surrounded by steep hills. It is known for its colourful buildings that are built into the sides of the hills, for elevators (telefericos) t...

The girls get off the bus in Santiago. Arthur and I are the only ones continuing on to Valparaiso. We look around for hostels. His girlfriend, her sister and her Chilean boyfriend are joining him tonight. This is Easter weekend and availability is limited. Several places don't even answer their doorbells. We knock on the door of a place that has...

Way back in August, Valentina (the Chilean we met in Lothlorien in Brasil) told us to visit her home town of Valparaiso, near Santiago. The town was supposedly something like a socialist pirate's cove with many houses in the hills. We decided to head there on New Year's Eve, and as it turned out, Valparaiso is known for being perhaps the largest...

This weekend I explored the coast of Chile. Some family friends, Patty & Jorge, invited us to stay with them in Viņa del Mar (Reņaca), and Valparaiso. Their apartment was beautiful and had the most amazing view of Valparaiso and the ocean. Sunday we explored Valparaiso which is known for its rolling hills, colorful houses, and cobblestone street...

Photos taken on the day I arrived in Valparaiso (Valpo), my favorite Chilean city for obvious reasons...