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Valparaiso central Chile

Living on the edge in Valparaiso central Chile

Valparaiso central Chile

Valparaiso central Chile

Valparaiso central Chile about 100 kilometers from Santiago. I bet this fantastic house has been photographed millions of times, perched on the edge of a sheer drop you would not want to be a sleep walker.

This is one of the escalators (Ascensores) connecting the harbour area to the hills, and the building is the restaurant Las Brujas.

Funicular or Elevator

Valparaiso central Chile

In 1996, the World Monuments Fund declared Valparaíso’s unusual system of funicular elevators (highly-inclined cable cars) one of the world’s 100 most endangered historical treasures.

Heroes of Iquique Valparaiso

Valparaiso central Chile

Iquique is a port city and region in north Chile. Territorial disputes between a united BoliviaPeru and Chile triggered the War of the Pacific in 1879. The Battle of Iquique was fought in the harbour of Iquique on 21 May 1879. Now commemorated as Navy Day, an annual public holiday in Chile. The outcome of the war gave Chile this portion of Peruvian territory.

Chilean Navy Office in Sotomayor Square

Valparaiso central Chile

The Sotomayor Square is the main square of beautiful Valparaiso central Chile. Valparaiso is a UNESCO world heritage site of Chile. The beautiful building is the Chilean Navy Office.

Friendly Llama

Valparaiso central Chile

The young guy is fascinated by the cute Llama.

Valparaiso central Chile

Valparaiso central Chile

A very distinctive building style here in the city.

Overlooking Valparaiso.

Valparaiso central Chile

Winding down into the city we get a view of the port.

The port of Valparaiso

Valparaiso central Chile

Valparaiso central Chile is a very interesting city, Viña del Mar  is the next seaside town.

 Valparaiso central Chile

Valparaiso central Chile

  The long winding road entering Valparaiso comes down from the hills.

Vina del Mar

Valparaiso central Chile

Viña del Mar  meaning “Vineyard by the Sea”, is a city and  on central Chile’s Pacific coast right next to Valparaiso. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. Known as La Ciudad Jardín (“The Garden City”), Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located in the Valparaíso Region. Viña del Mar has a population of 286,931 (according to the 2002 census), it is Chile’s fourth largest city.

Vina del Mar.

Valparaiso central Chile

 Valparaiso central Chile was an interesting stopover on my way from Brazil to Australia.

Here I am at Vina del Mar in October 2003.

Valparaiso central Chile

I’m very pleased I took this tour to this ancient port of  Valparaiso central Chile.

Statue off Easter island in Vina del Mar

Valparaiso central Chile

Easter Island is certainly not on my travel agenda. 🙂

Downtown Santiago.

Valparaiso central Chile

I only spent two nights in Santiago and must admit I was not too impressed. I found it a fairly dull city overall, unlike Valparaiso and Vina del Mar which are more to my liking. However when it comes to drinking wine Chile has some wonderful examples. Although I live in Thailand most of the wine I drink here comes from Chile.

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Author: David Herd

My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets. I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington. Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand. What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :) I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit. Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ???? Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia. Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.

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