When approaching Vina del Mar for the first time, it is always good to approach from the old Santiago Road down Agua Santa for the best view. If arriving at sunset then the reward is more special still and there are miradors en rout.

I was still feeling kind of sick last night, but I woke up this morning feeling just about ready to tackle anything. Tom and I decided to check out Viña del Mar. Its a fairly large city on the coast and is about 1.5hrs drive from Santiago (Santiago is actually inland, I always used to think it was on the coast). Viña is actually the weekend and ...

Well, the time has come to leave this city...town...family :(. I´m kind of sad becuase I really liked the mom and the dad, they were so nice to me. They took me places, fed me, showed interest in getting to know me and helping me to get to know the city. But it´s ok, I will keep in contact with them I suppose and return sometime! This last weeke...