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A last-minute invitation inspires exploration of Argentina and Chile

by Marlene Candell, Berkeley, CA As the 2006 Christmas season, with its attendant festivities and responsibilities, was moving ahead at a scary pace, my husband, Cass, received an unexpected phone call and invitation. Would he and I like to accompany our friends Claudia and Jerry Johnson on a trip to South America? They had just been ...

Viña del Mar, Chile

My wife and I spent four days in Viña del Mar, Chile, in March ’06 prior to embarking the Rotterdam in Valparaiso for a cruise. Having been to Santiago before, we decided to try the seaside resort of Viña. The weather was perfect and the crowds were gone, since the “summer” school holidays ended early ...

Patagonia — on your own

by Jim Hendrickson, Bellingham, WA Armed with a frequent-flyer ticket, a Lonely Planet guidebook and a good knowledge of Spanish, I decided to escape the wet Pacific Northwest winter by heading south to sunny Argentina in January ’06. I had been to Argentina twice before, but I had seen little of its immense region called Patagonia. Buenos ...

Walks in Valparaiso

To sailors in the 18th and 19th centuries, Valparaiso, Chile, shone as one of South America’s beacons of light. The central city, embraced by steep hills and a beautiful bay, bustled with prosperity. Above, elegant wooded neighborhoods housed the merchants and bankers and fleet owners. Sailors’ sea chanteys celebrate this port’s magnificence, remember its sexy ...