Blogs from Santiago Region, Chile, South America - page 17

Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile This started out as a long day for us and got even longer ;-) We had to be ready to go at 5:50am, which we were. Bleary-eyed we headed to our tour meeting place to be told that they were having trouble with cranes on the dock that needed to be moved before the Ruby Princess could dock, so they were moving the time to 6:30am. Fine, time for another cup of coffee; International Café, here we come. At 6:20am there was an announcement that the crane that needed to be moved (you know those gigantic cranes on docks that move the huge cargo containers around), was broken and they had to get someone to fix it or push it out of the way….hummm. We were told to please be patient one ... read more

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Geo: -33.4691, -70.642Early check out and taxi ride across city to our next hotel, a quaint Spanish style small hotel with beautiful homely bedrooms, lounges and courtyard gardens. Bike riding tomorrow through some vineyards should make time for some interesting pics... read more

Geo: -33.4691, -70.642Another great day. Fabulous weather and views to die for. Plan of action today is shopping in South americas biggest mall and I mean big! Just needed some clothes really but the designer stores had their sales on so I now have 3 nice tops to rough it in.we realised today that Santiago has one thing perth don't. It's called lack of flies and it's just wonderful not to be bothered by those annoying filth ridden bugs.have walked at least 20km today taking in the sights and the gorgeous weather. Plenty more dogs, in fact they are everywhere and of course great food and vino... read more

After a good nights’ sleep I made my way to the National Historic Museum which had just reopened last Tuesday after being closed for 2 months. It was the best place to learn about Chile’s history. I learned a lot about the Mapuche tribes in the Art Museum but here I learnt a bit more about the other tribes who lived in Chile alongside the Mapuche. They lived in different regions such as Chinchorro,Arica, Aymaras, Changos, Atacamenos, El Molle and Diaguitas. I find learning about their lifestyles fascinating mainly because they adapted their lifestyles so well to the geographical areas of Chile which they had inhabited. A lot of the museums in Santiago have shown the lifestyles of the indigenous tribes through displaying objects found in archaeological digs.... read more