A Chunk of Chile with a Dash of South America

Living and travelling in South America from our base in Chile since 1997. I have personally experienced the extremes here, living in a shed without a bathroom in a poor dangerous part of town to the other extreme of having an elegant dinner with the President at the palace. This blog is about things that I have done or that have caught my attention here as well as travel information that may be useful.

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Monday, May 11, 2009

Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso Visit

I had to go to Valparaiso today to give a talk at the Universidad Católica de Valparaiso though unfortunately didn't have time to take photos of the city.

I did take a couple of shots of the architecture inside of the university which I found interesting:







On a side note, if you are driving back to Santiago from Valparaiso, it is easy to get lost since the way is not signposted very well. The secret is when you get to the end of Avda Argentina (the one that you come across having come down the hill from Santiago) you should turn left at the fork instead of the following the USELESS sign that points up the hill towards the right.
We of course took the wrong one (went right instead of left) and did an unintentional (and lengthy) tour of the hills of Valparaiso. It goes up and around and twists and turns like a snake on heat. At least once near the top we had a great view of the cloudy sunset over the land.

The short trip for the day gave me the itch to return again soon for a photo shoot.

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