The Chilean Bit

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Hola
We arrived in Santiago and took a bus straight to Valparasio on the coast.. and old pretty city, set in the mountains with lots of colourful houses.

First things about Chile, its expensive, the food is all fast food and the people speak really, really fast. They are lucky to have the Andes and a long strip of coast.

We spent a day in Viña del Mar, pretending to be posh. We ate food and drank cocktails at a swanky seafood restaurant on the beach. Nothing that special...until loads of teenage girls started hanging around, with pens & autograph books. Then security cordened us off, it was all very strange. We were thinking... maybe its Bono, maybe Franz Ferdinand...Then we noticed we were eating in the same place as a boyband (not sure who...) but they cant have been that famous.. no one fainted!

In Valpo we spent the day walking around (getting lost!) and went on a very old Fenicular to the top of Conception hill and saw some stunning views of the port and all the colourful houses.

Off to Santiago to see U2.
Adios

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