After another 7 hours on bus, we (Limor and I) arrived in the evening to Valparaiso. It is a very nice hilly city on the ocean.
The city itself is beautiful, due to the hills, the colors of the houses etc. (there are some very close rich and poor neighbourhoods which adds to the looks as well):
There are some very interesting escalators to help walk through the hills (which we of course had to ride):
So generally our visit included walking around the various parts of the city (including some more hippy neighbourhoods), visiting a nice museum, and going out every night (there was a really nice local area with pubs and bars close to where we lived. Enjoying their happy hour I think we tried all the different combinations of Pisco (see previous post). For those who are asking, the Pisco Sour is the best option.
After 2 days in Valparaiso we took a short bus (1.5 hours) to Santiago.
In Santiago, we (Limor, Tamir - a guy we met in the hostel, and myself) visited the central market. This is a very well known sea-food market. Talking to some local merchants, we asked how to eat the thing in the picture below (I have no idea how it is called).
The guy just stuck his hand in one of the shells, took something out put it on his hand (which did not seem to be clean) and told me to try it, and that it is very good. I tried it. I cannot say it was very good, but it was eatable..
After that Tamir and I decided we needed to try another thing (which I do not know how it is called), maybe it is a ¨KIPOD YAM¨. Anyways it looks like this:
The waiter tried to talk to us, but we wouldn´t listen. As we tried it, I think it is the worst thing I have ever eaten (and maybe the only things I really did not like).
Talking to him, he switched to a very good shrimp dish.. Making friends with him, we went with him to a Salsa club later that day..
Other things we did in Santiago is walk around the city, and climb up to 2 nice viewpoints of the city:
After a couple days in Santiago we took a bus to Mendoza, Argentina!!
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