Valparaiso, Chile January 28, 2012

     Fernando was our driver/guide to Valparaiso and Vina del Mar.
     Our first sight of the Pacific included hundreds of campomentos (small colorful makeshift shacks) which literally hung from the cliffs and helped lodge some of the 1/2 million residents of Valparaiso.  After seeing more of the colorful mixed architecture (Tudor to Victorian to San Franciscan) encrusted on some of the 45 hills, I understood why UNESCO granted World Heritage Status to this bustling port city.
     A floral clock marked the entrance to Vina del Mar, “The Garden City” where Kathy took a dip in the frigid water after we stopped at an upper scale restaurant overlooking the ocean.