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Some other miscellaneous pictures from Valparaiso and Vina del Mar. In Picture no 2, you can see one of the numerous elevators the city of Valparaiso has. Valparaiso is built on hills and the city offers paid elevators to climb up on some hills rather than doing the stairs. Depending on the slope, location, the elevator prices vary. In Picture No 3, is the famous Reloj del Flores, the flower clock of Vina Del Mar.
Santiago is the capital of Chile and it's the most modern city that I have been during my entire trip. Many other countries in South America are definitely categorized as 3rd world, but in Chile, you definitely feel it's different - very modern metro fleet, clean city, great architecture (earthquake proof) and metro in general.
All this come at a cost - Chile has been the most expensive country out of my trip. Chile is not cheap. A lot of prices are similar to prices in the US and money goes by very fast.
I was there in the middle of the winter and it was extremely cold !! At nights it got down to 2 or 3 degrees celcius on some nights.
Whilst all its modernity and all 1st world facilities, I just felt that I was in any other big city. I did not feel a different identity for the city as such which distinguished it from others as such, but it's a nice city in general with all the big city amenities and stuff to do.
As I had left San Francisco in the middle of the ski season and did not get my whole fill of winter season, while in Santiago, seeing that it was peak skiing season, I decide to go skiing in the Andes. Pretty different experience from the Lake Tahoe Slopes, but great in overall !
Continued from this blog post - http://blog.dosooye.com/valparaiso-chile , I am adding some more artwork from the city of Valparaiso, Chile. I loved how they decorated their doors and entrance ways with some great art !
Valparaiso is a coastside city about 1 hour from Santiago, Chile. It's known for it's bohemian culture, great art and one of the hilliest cities in Chile. The city is build on hills and there's not much flat land. Hence, the city has ascencors all over the place to actually climb up the hills. You pay a little fee to get in the ascensor to bring you up, but there are always the stairs if you prefer to climb it up.
But what I liked best about the city were the numerous art work all over the city. Anywhere you go in Valparaiso, there's art and that too, great art. The city commissioned artists I think to paint up all the alleys, houses and every ugly piece of blank wall into the city into great pieces of art.
It was fun walking around exploring the so many different art in the city. The artists in this city are very talented ! Really enjoyed visiting the city which is an art museum in itself !
