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Street Art, Sea Lions and Socio-Politco Q&A
After some good times unwinding in Santiago we headed off to Valparaiso only a couple of hours west on the coast. It's a quirky kinda town that is a major freight port, major navy port but also with a town of two halves - the Cerros (hills) and the downtown. The Cerros are amazing with a maze of narrow, super steep cobblestone streets, the brightest colored houses you can imagine mixed with rickety, ...
Day tour robbery
Well, it started normally enough, a wake up call at 0700 , breakfast and easy to be ready by 0900 at reception for the more expensive private tour to Valpairaiso and Vina del Mar.
Our driver was late, due to a demonstration that affected traffic, we accepted this and took off in his white Hyundai van that was very comfortable and headed for the coast.
First stop was not an impressive one, he said go look at the lama and he needed the bano. As ...
Hilly, graffitied port town
... neighbourhood. After a while, we headed back down to get food for dinner, before heading back to the hostel for the evening. It was cold and this place had fire, so we intended to make the most of it.
The next day we were up early for another free walking tour. This took us to most of the places we had gone to the day before, but this time we had a brief explanation of what the hell we were looking at. The history ...
Back to the City
... for the upgrade. Thank you, Leo.
We settle and go out to get our bearings and to to find a restaurant for dinner. Guess who we run into? Now remember we know exactly four people in Chile and Valparaiso is a city of two million people. For those of you guessed Leo, you are correct. He is with some family members and we are directed to a restaurant nearby. German-Chilean food which is not a bad combination.
March 21. The day ...
The Next Few Days
... route) is the easier option of the two. This new route is a path down a steep embankment with nothing to hold onto. Good thing we don't slip or we would go down on our backside in a hurray. We catch the bus and for about $1 each, we make the 30 minute ride into the city nearby.
Valparaiso is a large, industrial city on the coast. We had expected to be able to walk along the waterfront but ...