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Chile (Valparaiso, Santiago)

A warm welcome to Valparaiso
Patricia & Luis of Armandos Lodge (www.ArmandosOnline.com)
A day around Valparaiso
reminds me alot of San Francisco
with its curvy streets
and pittsburg with its ascendors

and its old and colorful 'once was a boom town' buildings

and grafitti murals
narrow and steep streets


a mix of old and new


quaint backstreet stalls
an intruiging city
Luis _Che_ making his signs
The carabineros taking time off to guitar
my moto has turned into a Suzuki
Luis with a plan
the painting of Jose

an airbrush master
carefully blowing the colors on and peeling the layers off
and finishing with a heavy coat of laquer
Introducing Jose the snake
showing off
A Christmas dinner cheers

Welcome to Santiago
no where near the experience of Valparaiso
and so I head back
where they are busy getting ready for the new year
New Years dinner

fireworks from the 3rd floor