Ultramar Hotel Valparaiso
Calle Perez 173, Cerro Carcel Valparaiso, 00000, Chile
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A change of casa
... street performers and get some lunch before going back to get our bags then going to meet our new host and walk about a mile up a hill with 20kgs on my back to his house.
Upon arrival, we were unimpressed by what this guy was offering us as a sofa. It was a tiny, much smaller than single, dirty futon on his bedroom floor with no sheet or cover: lucky we had our plane-and-bus-stolen blankets with us. We took a much-needed shower (the gas had been off at Matias´ and we were unable ...
First night going solo.!
... corrugated iron clad residences that seem to have no air or permanance about them at all. The photos show this far better than i can articulate it, so i wont even try.
We wanted to visit the museum to Pablo Neruda at La Sabastiana and so eventualy made our way up cerro BellaVista. Whilst looking for the Museum we stopped at a local shop to buy bottles of water and empanadas and continued our search. Valparaiso is bohemia at its very best ...
Birthday & Beaches
... The food was amazing and the servings enough for 2. After we returned the guys said they would cook tommorow for us. Cool, local grub at last.
The next day started with bright sunshine, a perfect day to head to the nearby beach at Vina del Mar, at last Hannah could have some sun and sand time, perfecto. Gerado was also heading to Vina to purchase an early christmas present for Cristian. We took the local metro along the coast for about 7 miles at ...
Three days in Valparaiso
... the people here to some of the nicest people we have met so far. We still can't understand anything they say, but they understand our Spanish. The Chileans clip words, drop consonants, speak extremely fast and half of what they say is "chilenismo" slang. We've talked to several native Spanish speakers not from Chile who can't understand them either. They have to use subtitles when they export films to other Spanish speaking countries - ...
In the Navy
The Bus journey seemed really quick and before we knew it we were being asked to leave the bus and collect our bags. As it was only 6am we decided to hang around the terminal for an hour and look for a hostel when it got light and when the rain stopped. We headed for a hostel only 5 min form the terminal as the rain was not letting up and although we obviously woke the owner, he was very ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Ultramar



