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Looking east from around W 43rd St next to the Hudson just before nightfall.įireworks- in the distance you can see that Jersey got a head start on Manhattan.Īnd finally.I seemed to be the only person enjoying the irony of 100 people arriving a t 'land of the free' in the US anthem with a giant CCTV camera directly in front :) Sorry about the quality but I forgot my camera so these are from my phone. Now in upstate New York, back to the city for the weekend, up to East Hampton for a couple of days to visit a friend, back to the city again for a wedding and then off to Seattle. As someone said after last new year, "Valpo has ruined fireworks everywhere else for me forever". Having seen two new years in Valparaiso, the fireworks were a bit of a disappointment.
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Saturday was spent brunching, watching a free Conor Oberst concert in Battery Park and then watching the 4th July fireworks from the rooftop of a friend's apartment building. Incredibly, we got through customs and immigration in about 25 minutes. So I have a few minutes free to post some photos from my first few days here in the US.
By bus and train: Bus to Santiago Estacion Central, train to San Fernando and then bus to Santa Cruz. By bus: Take a bus to San Fernando, change to a local bus to Santa Cruz. This way will take a around 3 hours if you don't get lost and it's a really pretty drive so worth the risk. Keep following those signs until you reach Santa Cruz. Stay on that road for an hour or so, drive past Lago Rapel and then take a right at Cruce Las Aranas where the sign says 'Santa Cruz Casino'. Follow the signs to Santo Domingo and Llolleo and you'll avoid having to drive through one of Chile's most revolting cities. 
By car: The quicker, more complicated way- Exit Ruta 68 at Casablanca and follow signs to San Antonio. From Valpo it'll take around 4 hours including a short pit-stop. Exit in San Fernando following the signs to Santa Cruz Casino. By car: The long, more expensive (petrol and tolls) but infinitely easier way is to take Ruta 68 all the way to Santiago, connect onto the Costanera Norte and then take the exit to Ruta 5 Sur until you hit San Fernando. #Restaurant mastodonte valparaiso plus
Surprisingly good value and really pretty good food plus fantastic views.
Cafe Turri: Next to Ascensor Concepcion. Le Filou de Montpellier: Great value French food, entertaining owner. Plus the decor is so unbelievably kitsch that you have to go check it out. Best and cheapest lunches in town (2000 pesos for a well-presented and really good carne al jugo con arroz y ensalada chilena and a soft drink). Mastodonte: Esmeralda, just down from Plaza Anibal Pinto. Probably one of the best restaurants in Chile. Duck to die for, amazing quiches, cute decor. 
Pastis: On the corner of Subida Concepcion and Pilcomayo, Cerro Concepcion. It was always my go-to place whenever I was hungry and there was no food in the house. If you're ever hungry on a Sunday night, Allegretto is pretty much the only place open. The best pizzas in town, friendly and welcoming staff and decor and open all the time. Allegretto: Pilcomayo, just behind the Anglican Church, Cerro Concepcion. You usually have to travel hours and hours from major cities to see whales in South America. 
Seriously- whales will be under two hours from Santiago and the airport. Educate the local fishermen about whale-watching tourism and make them understand that they'll be able to make far more money doing that than fishing in the medium term. In 10-15 years, they will be a regular sight. Whales will continue to return to Quintay over the coming years.Also use the ex-whaling station as the dock for the fishermen.Convert the ex-whaling station into a proper museum, based on the numerous examples from around the world (I drove 6 hours to go to the one in Albany in Australia).The coastal path that leads from the beach in Zapallar would be a good model. Extend the pathway that leads to the ex-whaling station by a couple of metres out into the sea and make it nice.People can either take the bus or walk down.
Ban public parking from the start of the single track road leading down to the caleta and have a single bus that goes up and down at 5 to 10 minute intervals at certain busy times.
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