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Published: March 1st 2011
Thursday the 24th I flew into Chile and upon reccommendation from some Chileans I mean in the Mount headed straight for Valparaiso a town an hour and a half out of Santiago. Said to be the Wellington of Chile I was presented with houses piled up on hillsides overlooking the harbour. Unfortunately when I arrived at my hostel I was told that a girl there had had her bag stolen from inside the hostel while she was cooking dinner. This put an immediate dampner on the city itself and I just felt rather unsafe.
I did however venture out and discover that the city was a fantastic collection of colour both in the houses and the graffiti (I think I could already full an entire photo album just of the graffiti pictures I have taken.) I visited the cemetary with a couple of canadian guys enjoyed a full day walking around the hills of the city the following ending with a cable car trip (yup its all very like Welly!)
After this I headed to back to Santiago where after a nightmare with having thrown away a tourist visa slip that I didn´t know I had to keep (this involved visits to the police station which was actually rather entertaining as we all tried to understand each other in pigeon english and spanish, then a call to the NZ embassy and a bit of running around at the airport to get another slip) I was able to enjoy a night out with a couple of girls I met at the hostel and we saw a really cool blues band. These 2 guys played the harmonica like I have never heard before it was just awesome!
Then off up north to the desert and San Pedro de Atacama!
Photos at the link below. x
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Eliza
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Loving your blog!
Hi Kate, your experiences so far sound wonderful. It must be so amazing to see something new and spectacular every day. From your descriptions and photos I can see it is a magnifcently colourful place. Very cheerful indeed. So you have already managed to go to a police station... at least you got that outta the way early on. take care and keep us updated with all your fab adventures!