Voila...La Sebastiana, another of Pablo Neruda's houses. He called it his house in the air. Beautiful views & yet more cool knickknacks.

Early to rise, fun trip across town on the Metro & on to the bus bound for Valparaiso. At the moment we seem to be surrounded by a sea of Brazilian tourists who sadly are all quite rude & pushy. It is a shame as I really liked Brazilians when I travelled through earlier this year. Arrived at our lovely little hostel, Lunasonrisa, after a fun taxi ride up the steep & colourful streets. Felt so happy to see the sea!! First time have caught a glimpse s...

After a wonderful & much needed lie-in ( only interrupted by 2 Australian dorm mates hitting snooze on their alarm for 6.30 am 7 times & then crashing about for over an hour) & a great chat with my mum on Skype, Emma & I headed out to undertake the Valparaiso walking tour run by the aptly named, Tours 4 Tips. The photo is of the Chilean Naval headquarters in Plaza Sotomayor. Valparaiso was for many years Latin America's largest port. Between the...

Bye bye Santiago & your smog!

Late afternoon brought a trip on the 1925 vehicular up Cerro San Cristobal. Hmmmmm very long Disney queue for a short, rickety ride. Wonderful views above the smog of Santiago. Treked up to La Virgen de La Concepcion. Hmmmmm walk down was interesting. 35 minutes on scary, loose dirt paths which seemed to zig zag forever. Have definitely walked my way into getting to know Santiago. Really enjoyed it here. Would love to come back but with more money to enjoy so...