Having landed early in the morning in Santiago, where the previously booked transfer was already waiting for us, we went to the city of colorful houses, Valpariiso.    The city began as a port, with all that it implies.…

   This is a former mining town on the Pacific coast. Here I saw the ocean so close for the first time. Everything in the city reminds of the mining past. Monuments with minecarts at every corner. Typical buildings of…