San Antonio n Valparaiso

A lot of graffiti. Went to Valparaiso on a coach trip. Rode the Funicular to get a wonderful lunch.

Darrylbit : about 90km from San Antonio to Valparaíso. Into a dryer part of Chile now with a lot of scrub country, dry creeks and gum trees.

The two notable features of Valparaíso were the steepness and the graffiti. There is a lot of good street art but the beautiful city centre is spoiled by all the graffiti. 😔

The city is stuck on the side of steep hills around the harbour and the houses are so close together. In earlier days when people walked more there were 32 funiculars to get up and down the hills. Now there are only 16 with 7 still operating. We got to ride a short, super steep one up and down to lunch. Would have loved to get a video from outside but there is no clear spot to stand and see it. Anyway that was a minor bucket list item for me.
Oh they have trolley buses as well. Blast from the past. They had trolley buses in Perth when I were a wee lad.Read more