Marbella Resort Concon

Dec. 13- Les & Pam went looking for eggs and sweet rolls. Horcon's supermarkets are minis. We ended up in ConCon (30 minutes away) at about 10:00 when the stores were beginning to open. The eggs were wrapped 6 in a few sheets of newspaper. Curt had given Les & Pam a cold, or it could be allergies. Pam needed more meds so we visited the f...

Four days left in America de Sur. I crave beach! Pedro and Jorge drop me off at the beach in Concon just north of Vina Del Mar. After an empanada and coffee (this is becoming a ritual) I walk on the beach, meditate, read my book and get a visit by a homeless pup who naps next to me. The sound of the ocean is soothing as I watch a surfer catch so...

Met with Carla in Santiago and went to Valparaiso.
Beautiful city which is sprawled over mountains and little bakc alleys everywhere. After finding the hostel and getting lost up small streets. Went for a walk around the city. Because the city is over mountains, there are small cable cars everywhere over the city taking you up. The city is a...

Hola Todos!

No school today because it's the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul. What better way to celebrate this day than to drive along the sea and the Pacific Ocean and eat seafood!!! My entire host family went out to lunch today, and along the way, I was able to witness the most amazing sites! (Probably my favorite part of this trip so ...

Hola Todos!

Yesterday, (which was Wed. June 17), I went to my first class, came back to mi casa para almuerzo (lunch), and then returned in the afternoon for my second class. After classes, all of the students from the exchange program (around 30 from the U.S.) took a walking tour through the some of the hills of Valparaiso known as Los C...

Just for one day more of luxery I booked an excursion that would take me to Valparaiso, Vino del Mar and a Santiago city tour. After the tour they would drop me at the airport where my luggage would be waiting. How convenient! Now I remember why I do not like organised excursions, you can not stop and take pictures where you want. For Valparaiso...

Just got back to civilization so I thought I had better get into contact with everone as it has been 6 days or so .... without a set schedule the days blend into one. We just spend 5 nights on the beach just outside of Quintero at an absolutely amazing magical beautiful special place called Ritogue Beach. We only planned to stay for 4 nights but...

When we plan to visit a new city or destination we always try to do just enough research so we know what we are letting ourselves in for and so we know what we have to look forward to. We also make sure we don't over research a place and spoil any future surprises or take some of the adventure of it. So from this research we picked up that Valp...

So if I thought Santiago was chilly, it seems the coast of Chile may prove to be even chillier... The first night spent in Ricardo´s house was the coldest i´ve been in a long time (well at least since I left Edmonton). With no central heating, I had to sleep in my long Lululemon pants, a camisole with my black sweater I wore for the past two day...

We got our things packed and ready to go - stopped by Hamoody's for some last minute work regarding the credit card situation and then headed out of town. It was a straight shot from our hotel to the highway leading to the coast so that was easy enough. We saw some different parts of Santiago on the way and then the landscape changed - we felt a...