Chile - the final leg of the journey
In and around Chile
Heading to Chile to Join Dee, Roberto and the Kids for almost three weeks before heading home on the 5th of January. They went straight from Buenos Aires to santiago while I did a bit od a detour before getting here.
Roberto and Nano met me at the airport Monday evening. They had stayed at Nano and Anita's until thesaturday when they all headed off to the apartment in Renaca which is just past Vina del Mar...like about 1km. On Monday Roberto bussed into saniago to collect their car..a bottle green Chrysler Voyager... and then off to the airport to collect me and make the trip back to Vina.
It was quite a long trip 130km's and as Roberto's car did not have the sticker on the windscreen to get through the toll roads in santiago which are around the airport, they decided to leave Anita with the car and to for Roberto and Nano to come to the airport in nano's car. Good plan until we could't find our way back to Anita!! However we did find her and we all went our own ways.
My flight arrived in at 8pm and it was about 11.30 before we arrived at the apartment. It was so good to see everyone. ROBERTO AND I had Spaghetti Bolognaise and then we all hit the sack.
The apartment is right on the beach and has everything you could want. Tennis courts, pools, games room -where we all thrash Robby at ping pong on a regular basis- and a woman who does all your laundry. What more could you ask for. Security is great - there is a guars chap down in the foyer all day and night. The apartment is owned by a friend of Nano and it has worked out feally well. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a view to die for.
Most days we potter arounf Vina or Renaca, go to the beach and drive around a little. So far we have been for a trip to the port of Valparaiso and for a shopping day in Santiago. We will spend three days from the 24th in santiago at Nano and Anita's and then we plan to head to San Alfonso a heritage park and working horse ranch where we will stay for two days and go for a horse trek.
We are also planning a trip to Mendoza - over the pass across the Andes and into Argentina - to Mendoza.
Nano has all sorts of sights for us to see over Christmas planned and I am looking forward to it all.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Sanz Travels
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Renaca Our Chile Base
Renaca beach is just around the corner from Vina del Mar which is just across the Harbour from Valparaiso. At the apartment which is right on the b... Continue reading »
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Day Trip to Santiago....Christmas shopping excursion
Left the apartment at 9am...had planned to leave at 8 but we did well to go by 9. The plan was to drive from Vina to Pajarito (meaning small bird), an... Continue reading » -
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Late afternoon and evening at Valparaiso
Late one afternoon we all took a drive to Valparaiso. Roberto thought the Lonely Planbet book exaggerated the beautyb of Valparaiso but it really is a... Continue reading » -
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Christmas Eve in Santiago
After a few days in Renaca we headed off to Santiago on Christmas to celebrate Christmas in Santiago. Roberto took us along a diferent route and we... Continue reading »
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Parque Metropolitan
We spent the whole day here. Mind you given that the day starts for this lot no sooner than mid-day, It isn't such a long time.Although it was after 7... Continue reading » -
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City Tour
On the 26th I had a city coach tour booked. My apartment in Santiago was right across the road from The Marriott where I was to be collected, so br... Continue reading »
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Off to San Alfonso for a horse riding adventure
About an hour an a half out of Santiago we arrived at San Alfonso in the Cayon de Maipo. We were to stay here for one night, do a horse riding trek in... Continue reading » -
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Exploring Old Vina, The Feria (Food market) and The Beach markets
We had an easy day after arriving home quite late the night before. At about 1.30 we headed into Vina to check out the food market and do some shop... Continue reading »
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Journey North up the coast to Horcon
Roberto suggested we head up to Horcon for a drive so off we went. The drive up is really nice along the coast road with the beach on one side and... Continue reading »
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New Years Eve on Renaca Beach
At 7pm the beaches were still crowded - even more than the day before. Alan and Rosa, who we met at Cayon De Maipo were coming over to spend New Ye... Continue reading »
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Visit to Valparaiso Number Two
New Years day started slowly. at 1pm Roberto, Nano, Anita and I headed to valparaiso for another look. Nano knows the place like to back of his han... Continue reading »
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Day Trip up the North Coast from Renaca
We headed up for a drive further north up the coast from Horcon to the beach towns of Maitencillo, Cachagua, Zapallar and Papudo. On the way... Continue reading »
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