Blogs from Valparaíso Region, Chile, South America - page 68

WEEK 9 CHILE AGAIN Fe wasn't very impressed with Bariloche- far too touristy and she was keen to move on. Before we left I took the chair lift to the top of Otto Cerro - renowned to be one of the best views in Argentina. The views over the lake - Lago Naheul Huapi, islands, Bariloche and environs was magnificent. Looking down on hovering birds of prey and paragliders was an experience. I enjoyed a lovely 2 hour walk along the ridge and through beautiful lenga forest with wild flowers. Fe managed to sample the chocolate - a speciality of the town and she led the search for a vegetarian restaurant. During the hunt a lady saw we were lost and asked us to kindly wait a moment while she rushed indoors to get her specs ... read more

Valparaiso The next day we again tried unsuccessfully to connect with our couch-surfing connection and decided to go it on our own to the neighboring port city and former capital (or main seat of the government) of Valparaiso. We quickly figured out the metro and we soon walking around the colorful, unique city. Much like the FUN-icular in Santiago...there are many what they call "Ascensors" running up and down the hills of the city. The entire city is squished into the hills that rise out of the sea. We rode a few and explored around. We were interested by (and a little weary of) the fact that these were built around the turn-of-the-century (you know the one over a hundred years ago!!). They didn´t look to have changed much. We enjoyed looking out over the city, ... read more

Viña is one of Chile’s premier resorts, and we hit it at peak time! Quite why we don’t know because the weather wasn’t as fabulous as expected and the sun rarely came out before 2pm. Thinking we had come across some anomalous weather I asked around only to find that it’s always like this in February! Despite the disappointment with the weather we loved Viña. It’s hard to say exactly why but the general atmosphere was much nicer than Valpo. It is also very clean in comparison. I wanted to go to the Casino but our money was perfectly safe - it costs US$5 to enter and gentlemen require a jacket and tie (what about ungentlemanly backpackers?!). The beaches are nice but the enormous rollers crashing onto the shore from the Pacific Ocean certainly put me ... read more

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J'ai concentre ma visite de Valparaiso en une journee. Charme par cette ville, pour ses couleurs et ses collines abruptes, je serais bien reste plus longtemps. If one day you visit Chile, you should spend some time in Valparaiso. ... read more