Valparaíso and random things
Sometime WEEKS and weeks ago (well, the 27th), Jen, Matt, Jordan and I
took the bus to the coastal city of Valparaíso for the day. Valparaíso is a lovely city that is built on a bay (it was once one of the most important ports in the south Pacific, but the Panama Canal put an end to that) and spread across 40-some hills. People have called it the San Fransisco of Chile, which seems like an apt description.
There are a number of acensores, funicular railways that take people up and down the steep, steep hills. Cleverly, we did not get pictures of any of the three we rode up, but I found a picture of one we didn't ride up and one we did ride up, which I almost hesitate to link to, because the page is so ugly. To ride most of them, it cost about 200 pesos (40 cents or so), but we were particularly amused to see quite a few signs decrying the operator of one who dared to charge 500 pesos (not quite a dollar).
Acensor Artilleria (named so for its position overlooking the bay, perfect for artillery) is at the southern end of the port, and gave us great views of the container machinery loading and unloading the ships. But for some reason, the other three didn't want to stay and watch it all day.
We took a boat ride around the bay, and got an explanation of the sights. It was in Spanish, of course, and I could only follow about 10% of it...
We did quite a bit of walking around, up and down the cerros.
Along the way, we saw some cool murals... or maybe it was graffiti. Hard to tell.
OK, random things. We're going south next week for our first vacation; we are going to hit the Lake District. Follow along on the map. We're taking the bus overnight to Puerto Montt, then heading to Ancud on Isla de Chiloé. We'll be there a day or two, then head north to Puerto Varas. After a day or two there, we head north again, to Pucón (half way between Valdivia and Temuco, and to the east). After few days there, another overnight bus ride, and we'll be back in Santiago.
Also, Jen cut the grass the other day. Heh.
Jason
took the bus to the coastal city of Valparaíso for the day. Valparaíso is a lovely city that is built on a bay (it was once one of the most important ports in the south Pacific, but the Panama Canal put an end to that) and spread across 40-some hills. People have called it the San Fransisco of Chile, which seems like an apt description.There are a number of acensores, funicular railways that take people up and down the steep, steep hills. Cleverly, we did not get pictures of any of the three we rode up, but I found a picture of one we didn't ride up and one we did ride up, which I almost hesitate to link to, because the page is so ugly. To ride most of them, it cost about 200 pesos (40 cents or so), but we were particularly amused to see quite a few signs decrying the operator of one who dared to charge 500 pesos (not quite a dollar).
Acensor Artilleria (named so for its position overlooking the bay, perfect for artillery) is at the southern end of the port, and gave us great views of the container machinery loading and unloading the ships. But for some reason, the other three didn't want to stay and watch it all day.We took a boat ride around the bay, and got an explanation of the sights. It was in Spanish, of course, and I could only follow about 10% of it...We did quite a bit of walking around, up and down the cerros. Along the way, we saw some cool murals... or maybe it was graffiti. Hard to tell.OK, random things. We're going south next week for our first vacation; we are going to hit the Lake District. Follow along on the map. We're taking the bus overnight to Puerto Montt, then heading to Ancud on Isla de Chiloé. We'll be there a day or two, then head north to Puerto Varas. After a day or two there, we head north again, to Pucón (half way between Valdivia and Temuco, and to the east). After few days there, another overnight bus ride, and we'll be back in Santiago.
Also, Jen cut the grass the other day. Heh.
Jason
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