Hotel Agora Vina del Mar
5 1/2 Poniente 253 Vina del Mar, Chile
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A la playa - Vina del Mar
Did you know last Friday (the 15th) was a holy day of obligation? Well, the Chileans definitely do because they are national holidays here. All the schools and most places of work have off, so I had my first three day weekend last weekend. All the new people had been in Santiago for about 6 weeks and we were all ready to get out and explore. Laurel …
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Tragedy in Chile! A Chilean Spider Attack
... almost lost his arm as a result of the infection.
So, I went to Santiago a couple weeks ago and was enjoying a beautiful afternoon drinking wine at my friend’s house in La Dehesa. I was playing in the grass with the dog, unbeknownst of the danger lurking beneath my bare feet.
Flash to the next morning. I woke up with one of my toes feeling like it was broken. There was little raised area on the skin, so ...
Chilly in Chile!
... It was a relatively uneventful journey, asides from the bizarre ‘fruit quarantine’ where we got stopped and had to get rid of any fruit and veg we were carrying - which was a bit of a pain as we had lovely fruit platters for our bus snack! From there, it was a collectivo (20sol, 1hr) over the border to Arica, which was pretty straightforward, although these border towns always have a decidedly dodgy feel about them so you’re ...
En uke i Chile
... vi drakk billig rødvin med på hostellet, og dro med til en jazzklubb. Hadde en utrolig bra matopplevelse på vei ut til jazzstedet, da vi stoppet og spiste grillspyd på gata. Fyren fra New Zealand var egentlig vegetarianer, men kunne ikke dy seg og tok et par grillspyd allikevel. ;)
Tiden i Valparaiso ble dessverre preget av de sjokkerende triste nyhetene om bomben i regjeringskvartalet og massakeren på Utøya, noe som gjorde at vi brukte mye tid på å se på tv2 nyhetskanalen ...
Chile or Bust!
... Andes? We passed through a town called Los Andes. Then I really got snap happy.
So I bought a ticket to Valparaiso but when the bus stopped in Vina Del Mar, everybody had to get off because Valparaiso was 'closed'. "What do you mean close?" I asked the driver and in his best Tarzan English, he said something about rocks and protests and tear gas ...so I decided not to argue and just stay where I landed! It turns out May 21st ...


