July 21st 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso Day two in Chile we took the bus to Valparaiso on the coast. First we took the very efficient metro to the bus station where we sort of took the wrong exit and I may have jumped over a ticket barrier ... [full story]
July 1st 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso Home for me is a seaside town with a funicular, so the port city of Valparaiso, with its 15 , on the face of it had some similarities. After spending 2 days in "Valpo", I had to concede that the simi ... 42 photos[full story]
July 3rd 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso Welcome to a remarkably brief blog - our little computer packed a sad, and we have lost two complete (and remarkably inspiring) blogs.
So we had three days in Valpo - Chile’s golden girl of t ... 41 photos[full story]
July 8th 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso Valparaíso is a weird city. Weird, but beautiful. Mostly. We certainly made the most of our short weekend there. The bus ride out to the coast cost $6000 round trip, or about $6 USD each way, and was ... 19 photos[full story]
July 3rd 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar So, here it is the week I though would never come. The past few days haven't been too out of the ordinary. Except having a party at a professors house... Imagine 20 gringos, one prof, and one sma ... [full story]
June 14th 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Isla Negra It is said that if you say el Poeta in Chile with a capital P, everyone will know that you're referring to Pablo Neruda, arguably Chile's most famous poet, (although I could make a pretty good case th ... 10 photos[full story]
June 19th 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar I have been thinking of some more things that you all (and me) might consider different or odd coming from America. Here are a few things that are typical in Chile but I have found to be a little stra ... 11 photos[full story]
June 16th 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso The past week has involved little more than all of us starting to count down the days until we go home (22 for me!). We went to classes, went out too late, and hung out with our families. I watched ... [full story]
June 12th 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso Well, I've arrived in the Port town of Valparaiso, and it has already made a nice change from Santiago. I am staying in a Hostel on top of the harbour looking down. This makes for good views, and good ... 4 photos[full story]
June 10th 2008South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar Here is a video from our wedding we have on We had a great videographer do the ceremony and reception. It turned out amazing!!! Hope you like it and can get a feel for who Carlos is and how lucky I ... 1 photos[full story]
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