Vinyard, the thing everyone on the bus tour came for, save me, I was there to see my grandparents and see the area.
More vines
even more
the First winery we went to.
grape vines
Veramonte, that was hte name
parking lot
leaves.
a jungle gym for the kiddies while the parents go get wine
complete with bridge!
palm
hills around Santiago
Same hill
the second winery we went to
expensive Buddha statue.
Carol as we waited for lunch
Charles as we waited for lunch
a view outside, I don't know if you can make it out, but they had several flags outside. Chilean, American, some strange flag I've never seen and a German one. One problem, they had the German one upside down, I pointed it out to Carol and she told the person who is in charge (I don't remember the title, it was french) and after about 15 seconds they had corrected it.
Wine
Hmm, Morandé is the name but there might've been more
Statue, probably of either Arturo Prat (famous Chilean naval hero) or Bernardo O'Higgins (founding father, think George Washington)
The once great harbor of Valpraiso, but thanks to Teddy Roosevelt and lots of American diggers, the Panama Canal reduced this place into a backwater. Can make out probably either one of the Chilena Navy's warships or some freighter in the background
More of the harbor
Harbor
the Harbor was different than the ones I've seen, then again, only seen Valdez, Seattle and Everett. Valpraiso's harbor goes right out into the pacific, no bay or anything in the way.
Graffiti.
Carol
Valpraiso, it really is kind of a giant slum, but it rots up the hills not down.
Valpraiso
Freighters and I belive some warships
we were right below the old naval academy and high command building, there was a walkway going around the cliffs.
The rest of the harbor, and Valpraiso's much better of neighbor, Viña Del Mar
Freight
Mas Freight
Freight....
The city
Ok, more Freight...
The City
City
Freight and the harbor
well, there used to be a lot more, until we burrowed our way through Panama
ok, even I should've known freight isn't that interesting...
gah
The Pacific, if you can see through the clouds
Don't remember the name, but it was like a huge elevator, except it went down the hill, this was the station we were waiting in
Charles
The large pulley used to make it move. Sorta like a ski lift
watching it go
the cabin
the rail
inside
the dubious floor
the line next to us
stuff on the side on the way down
freight..... delightful....
probably the floor again.
more stuff on the way down
Had to remember, big city, so any depression in the ground generally has trash in it.
Tour group
misc stuff
looking back
the parent trolley thing going by
going up
looking back again
to the sides
to the sides
to the sides again, but this time with Ivy
lovely... uhh... housing
tour group
stuff sitting right outside the station, terminal, whatever
the station, terminal, barn, whatever you want to call it
off loading
one last looking
Carol
a church, if I recall correctly, one that Sir Francis Drake decided to visit and take a few souvenirs
probably a tavern I accidenty shot
the church again, it was also the oldest church in Chile if I recall
church
Carol and Charles
Valpraiso Streets
The crosswalk lights have timers! and we're supposed to be the First World?
They had mini-parks in the dividers on the streets
old colonial buildings
new Naval Headquarters, plus guards
Valpraiso
Valpraiso, I dunno, its just random stuff
This might've been something, but I can't remember
Same here
I fail in my own rule
Book I was reading
Buildings
Buildings
Buildings
Streets
Streets
Way too bored
Here is where I changed memory cards, and there would be more (plus movies too) but sadly, that memory card is now stuck in a real pit of hell.... MIAMI FLORIDA
Ignacio at breakfast on "Dia de Color" when we don't have to wear uniforms
blurry photo of my class mates
Lisanne, the German exchange student
Anna, the Austrian
I tried to not use the flash, don't like it, so ended up with just silhouettes
more of them
Yeah, so they gave us food too, so I took a few pictures of people
Pepe, a classmate of mine
shapes
Leche, well, his real name was Sebastian, but they called him Leche, which means "milk", look closely can tell why. Was best friend down there
Classmate, can't make out who
No teenager can be left with a camera and not take a photo of their feet, especially when bored
they had a plaza kinda of area out here.
My locker, source of many early problems.
doodle, non offensive.
basketball
Leche attempting to hide
not very well
Basketball courts
this would be the back of one of my friends, Cristobal.
Looking at photos
watching stuff.
aftfore mentioned stuff
Anna and Lisane
Leche
Stuff
ok fine, it was a class compeitition thing, just stupid things each class did
end of the day
Chino, thats what they called him. He spoke english, wasn't exactly perfect (or clean), but was easily understood.
Mis Cosas
A Place for My Stuff
A Place For My Stuff
ok, its just crap
highly organized and orderly school stuff
misc stuff
A Place For My Stuff
A New Place For My Stuff
This would be a week or so later after Dia de Color, I took my camera in and took some photos.
More classmates
more
more
blurry for some reason, the guy in the background and white had is Álvaro, they called him "Chiqui", dunno how to spell it exactly.
Fun Drawing with Sharpies
Sharpie
Ok, more like deranged ramblings than art.
Evergreens, something you miss dearly...
probably ramblings
iMac
rambling
ramlbing
Moneh
entire thing
history class
Lisanne
Anna
Carolina
Kuko, real name is Carolina, but they called her Kuko.
ok was really bored and didn't have anything to do. But I had paper and a Sharpie, what do you expect?
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