Valparaiso

I joined the German and Swiss guys on a trip to Valparaiso for the day. It is a harbour town about an hour and a half away from Santiago. We were a bit worse for wear in the morning as the whole hostel had been out until the early hours.
It was really misty and cold down in the harbour but we went up a furnicular to the top of one of the hills (there are many as it's the shape and uniqueness of the town) and walked down through a shady neighbourhood. The houses were a bit like a posh favela but all different colours and really pretty.
We went to meet an English woman who we took the bus with as she had left her backpack in the taxi and had had to go to the police. Her hostel was beautiful. La bicicleta on Cerro (which means hill) Alegre and there was a trendy bar there with cool chilean music playing. Colectivo Eterio (etheral shared taxi-literally.).
We then went up to Pablo Neruda's house on Cerro Bellavista and just as we thought the view couldn't get any better it did.
We walked down the Avenida Ferrari where there was a lot of Grafitti art to look at and then got back on the bus for Santiago where I got cooked for again. This is the life!