 | The exodus of the Ascensor
2009-09-12, Valparaiso, Chile. By: travelalex | | The fist thing you notice from the airplane when you approach Santiago is the Andes Mountains sticking up like a jagged edge all along the spine of this this country, creating one of the most beautifu... |
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 | Valparaiso
2009-05-10, Valparaiso, Chile. By: rossnkaren | | Valparaiso appears to be just like Marmite. I loved it, Ross hated it! It's the strangest place. It's on the coast and was once a major naval base for the Spaniards. The main city consists of a couple... |
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 | Sentimental by the sea...
2009-03-25, Valparaiso, Chile. By: Fidgi | | When it comes to looking back on my trip, I have no doubt that Valparaiso, where I currently am in Chile, will be fondly recalled as one of my favourite locations. I know I keep raving about the plac... |
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 | smelly seas and bits of bodies
2008-05-05, Valparaiso, Chile. By: letlozz | | Hello everyone,
we´re in Chile, visiting Tims sister and her boyfriend at the moment. Its quite a change after Guatemala- its a lot more western and ´normal´feeling, and hence a lot more expensive... |
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 | Heading home today,.....
2008-02-26, Valparaiso, Chile. By: mdlstone | | I dropped Emily off at her hotel this morning. I met two girls from her program, both seemed very nice. They went to lunch and the beach after I left. They have a great location for their 4 day ori... |
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| From Concon back to Valparaiso
2008-02-25, Valparaiso, Chile. By: mdlstone | | Saturday night, after Jon left for the airport with our indomitable guide Claudia, Emily and I worked on our scrapbooks in her hotel room and then turned in, sleeping till 9:00 AM the next morning. W... |
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| A few more days in Chile that were unscheduled!
2008-02-24, Valparaiso, Chile. By: mdlstone | | Well, all of you who were waiting for me to return to the USA today will have to wait until Wednesday.....
So, we left our hotel in Valpo and arrived in Concon on Friday, the 22nd. The hotel, as I... |
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| We've successfully brought Emily to her new home!
2008-02-21, Valparaiso, Chile. By: mdlstone | | Hello everyone who is keeping track of us. Yesterday we woke up at 4:00 AM in Lima, Peru and headed to the airport. We flew to Santiago, Chile and were picked up there and driven 1 1/2 hours to Valp... |
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 | deep vein thrombosis
2007-11-04, valparaiso, Chile. By: vorn | | after i said goodbye to nisi i had to get myself several thousand kilometres down to santiago for my flight to easter island, and i hadnt left myself a whole heap of time to do it.
so i did 76 hour... |
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 | Chilean Road Trip
2007-10-12, Valparaiso, Chile. By: sauntering | | But I have missed the mountains terribly.
I didn’t know it until I came back here, but it’s absolutely undeniable. Today, we drove for a few hours to some Northern beaches in Dani’s car. Dani i... |
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 | Steps, hills and colour
2007-10-03, Valparaiso, Chile. By: clair2amy | | Short bus trip from Santiago took us to the portside town of Valparaiso. WOW!! Rolling hills filled with colourful buildings, cable cars, stairs, winding roads and alley ways. We arrived with Kim who ... |
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 | Mind your step!
2007-07-25, Valparaiso, Chile. By: rossycaz | | We finally managed to cross the Andes to Chile although what should`ve been an 8 hour journey took 14 hours. We had a 3 hour wait in the middle of nowhere (and in the middle of a convoy of vehicles) p... |
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 | Hosptial for 4 days
2006-06-12, Valparaiso, Chile. By: Aenglish84 | | On my Journey back down south to Valparaiso. I began developing a terrible headache and stomach ache. I realized I had drank water in the Northern region. After 32 hours on a bus ride I arrived in my ... |
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| How long has it been... almost one month?
2006-06-02, Valparaiso, Chile. By: Aenglish84 | | ola,
So I have a hard time writing things down. I am to busy living my glorious life in chile. much has changed for me and a lot has change for the chilean people as well. The past week there has b... |
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| 1st day of class
2006-03-06, Valparaiso, Chile. By: Aenglish84 | | Hola,
Hoy es mi primer dia por clase. Finally, it has been over 3 months since I attended a class. WOW i feel like a flojo (lazy person). I biked to school, on the way there was a young boy walking... |
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| Another day, another adventure
2006-03-03, Valparaiso, Chile. By: Aenglish84 | | HOLA.
hello everyone. I hope everything is going great back in the states. Day by Day it is a new adventure. I went to buy a tshirt and it was such an interesting task. The mall is very big and con... |
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| So far so amazing
2006-03-01, Valparaiso, Chile. By: Aenglish84 | | hola gente,
i love it here. I have a great set up. school will be monday, tuesday and wednesday. I reserved thursday and friday to travel and practice my spanish with my family and friends. I have ... |
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| My New Home in Valparaiso
2006-02-27, Valparaiso, Chile. By: Aenglish84 | | Hola,
So I have finally arrived at my home. Santiago felt like a party. I was with new people, ¨gringos¨and we toured the city, and then went out at night. I have some awesome friends here. they ar... |
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2006-07-10, valparaiso, Chile. By: lauracoco | | christopher mccoy watch out because im about to kiss your cheek. |
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 | Ocean View Apartment
2006-01-14, Valparaiso, Chile. By: mala | | After a 24 hour bus ride covering a third of Chile and a brief stay in Santiago we arrived in Valparaiso: hillside port city and subject of a Sting song which I´ve never heard (though Radek knows one ... |
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| Coastal Towns
2005-10-18, Valparaiso, Chile. By: bnj | | So we made it out to the coast! It was just a short ride from the city. It is beautiful here! There are these really cool things here called ascensors. They are like outside elevators that run on tr... |
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 | Colorful houses
2005-06-06, Valparaiso, Chile. By: vivichris | | After returning to Santiago, we headed north to Valpariso, whose colorful skyline is partly an UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. We also went to neighboring Vina del Mar, Chiles biggest beach resor... |
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 | Santiago and the seaside
2004-12-19, Valparaiso, Chile. By: snutbrown | | We think this might be a bit of a monster one so get comfortable!!! Let´s take it up from where we left off. `Los Blackbird´ last Saturday were actually really good – apparently the John Lennon was es... |
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 | The Cold Southern Seas of Valparaiso
2003-07-22, Valparaiso, Chile. By: chefortune | | Arriving back in Santiago in the early morning, I quickly caught another bus out to Vina del Mar, just under two hours away along the Pacific coast. Although the coast was slightly warmer, it was stil... |
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