Roadside shops at the port in Valparaiso. Nothing spectacular till you notice the cat basking in the sun (almost at the top)

Ceviche, empanada and pisco!!! Of course a lot of sunlight! In the distance is Valparaiso.

First glimpse of Vina del Mar. I already like two parts – Vina and Mar 🙂

The girls in Llama land. For my Bengali friends – “Niki aar Tasha ei llama takey eto dolai-malai korlo je otar naam diyechhi – ‘Dolai Llama'” 🙂

Finally Nikita found a place in Chile where she liked the food – McDonalds!!! (highway to Valparaiso)

Dinner in the patio in the mountains at a close friend’s house. Sharmila, thoroughly impressed, gave her verdict – “We need a new dining table for outside” 🙂

One snake of a road!!! Taken from curve #17. We went upto #29!!

6000 ft. Ice cold lake surrounded by steep mountains. The hot tub to the rescue!!!

Sharmila shopping for utensils made by local people from copper from local mountains by the highway to the Andes!!

View from the room – mountains, highrises and a helipad, to boot!