Monday, April 6, 2015

Vina del Mar (Vineyard of the Sea)

We left our hostel in Valparaiso and took a city bus for about twenty minutes until we reached the beaches of Vina del Mar. We stayed for two nights in Vina del Mar.

Most of our time here was spent exploring the landscape, climbing rocks, taking in the views, throwing a frisbee on the various beaches, and making new friends. Alex and I met a couple of interesting people at the new hostel as well as some nice people during our hike. I saw a girl drawing pictures of some of the landscapes and buildings, she told me she was a university student studying architecture and we talked about travelling to different places in the World. Later, after a long hike, we finally found some empanadas for lunch and chatted with the chef who was from Argentina. Chile has been interesting because there are so many people here from all over South America. It makes understanding and learning Spanish even more difficult because every country speaks it differently and uses their own phrases and lingo.

Sand dunes in Vina. Looks like a desert.


Nice scenery where we climbed rocks.


Looks like a great beach for some frisbee.