Santiago & Valparaiso Nov 2015

By Ali Karim

Santiago

This post is part of a series called Santiago & Valparaiso November 2015 Flew into Santiago, Chile arriving early morning after a 10hr flight. For a taxi into the centro, prices started at about 30k pesos (~$40+) just past the customs area; went outside the terminal and haggled with a few taxi drivers and got…

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By Ali Karim

More Santiago

This post is part of a series called Santiago & Valparaiso November 2015 Started off with the obligatory visit to the Mercado. There are 2 main ones in Santiago; the Vega Mercado is huge, and had both wholesale and retail fruit and vegetable sellers. One one side, was the fish, seafood and meat market, with…

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By Ali Karim

Valparaiso

This post is part of a series called Santiago & Valparaiso November 2015 Next day, rented a car in Santiago, and drove out to Valparaiso. Renting a car in any country outside the US/Canada always takes way longer than we think it should :). Why do I always forget? Anyhow, we got directions, and since…

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