Fundo Mantagua All Inclusive Vina del Mar

... svaku vecer dobijem ono neko gumeno cudo u sto se ulije vruca voda pa te to grije (mi smo to koristili prije sto godina tako da mi je bilo smijesno kad su mi to prvi dan dali) jer se sva jadna smrzavam zbog promjene klime. tako da mi je i veceras stavila to cudo u krevet koji mi je ona bila slozila. meni je sve to s tom nanny na pocetku bilo presmijesno i bilo mi je neugodno da me ona sluzi, ali sad sam se vec navikla i sad uzivam ;D
Vina del Mar, Chile malvada

... me to on my first day of being here, so some of the pictures may seem similar to previous ones. I was still fun to look around. It's definitely never boring!

I arrived home around 7 PM. We sat down to eat and Oscar (Papa) showed me some mind games that they have. For example, draw a rectangle with only three lines. I couldn't figure out how to do it - hehe. Then he finally showed me that all I had to do was draw a rectangle (using four lines) and ...

vina is like th modern version of valpo, we walked around a bit and went to a couple of museums, it was quite nice but we were soooooo cold and both feeling sick that we didnt get to enjoy it as much as we would have liked. BUT eddie did find shoes!!! horray and ...

... has so far been an amazing trip. On our last day in Valparaiso we made a trip to the famous beach resort, Vina del Mar. Due to the rare comfort of our private beds, we found it hard to escape its clutches and thus only arrived at the beach resort late leaving us an hour or two to enjoy the beach. Jools had his first swim in the Pacific Ocean and came out soon afterward due to the cold. On our return from the beach we had the unpleasant discovery that Jool's bank card had gone ...

... early tomorrow. Luckily, we fiddled around with it for a while, and Scott managed to get it more or less working again. Then, our driver was super-nice and helped us find a camera store in Vina del Mar where they were able to take the lens apart and clean it properly. Camera rescued, we set off to accomplish a few other missions. Chris was successful in finding a new electric shaver, after his broke on the first day in Santiago, thus preventing him ...

... in a huge amphitheatre. Some locals were trying to sell us tickets, but afraid of being scammed, we just bought them at the ticket desk. It turned out that the tickets were probably legit, but you can never be too careful. I believe the orchestra was comprised of students from the University of Santiago, and the whole thing was put on by the local Beethoven Foundation as part of a summer classical festival. Many of the songs were ...

... shopping complex. It was a multi-level building with a variety of stores. On our way to the 'Jumbo' store, we passed what looked like a department store, an electronics store, a garden store and a home improvement center (I had a hard time keeping Ed out of it). The Jumbo store reminded me of a Big K-Mart. It had groceries and household goods and probably a lot more, but we were only after some Diet Coke ...

... are when all the people come out from their hiding places and cause problems. So we decided to partake in some innocent entertainment and took this box-car thing on a cable (sorry these descriptions are weak) up to the top of a hill to get a view of the city and the ocean once again. It was gorgeous to see everything lit up, and the lights and music from the simultaneous parties going on across the city. Then we had seafood and went to bed. A ...

... the town, the fiesta del los mil tambores, the party of 1000 drums. Then, we all got together at the hostel in the evening, where we had some beers and some sangria. By the time we reached the centre of town, we realised that we had missed the actual music, instead we sat in the park with some bottles of beer, and chatted with everybody, until later on in the evening, when the Carabineros (Chilean police) came along and emptied our bottles! Anyway ...

... at least an hour, just watching the sun set.... Such an old romantic!! Poverty is much more visible here, than in Santiago - there´s very much a feel of things not quite being finished, but that also adds to its charm... I have felt that it is my duty to sample the food on wine on your behalf, and today I stuffed myself with seafood... calamares, followed by eel soup, which is not as gagworthy as ...