An afternoon in Valdivia pics

whitewidow says on Sep 9, 2009, 14:42:

nice. has a very european feel to it and very clean. any action at night? or dead as a doornail?

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johnny2009 says on Sep 9, 2009, 15:41:

I haven't really been going out at night but I remember it having a really very decent bar scene, cool people in shabby chic places, great cocktails, good beer, good ambience. I am going to duck out for a couple this evening. Also has a couple of very nice restaurants.

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whitewidow says on Sep 9, 2009, 16:47:

nice. i will be relocating to chile soon. can't wait.....

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Sam Salmon says on Sep 9, 2009, 22:09:

"i will be relocating to chile soon....."
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Hard times for doper like you in Chile.


johnny2009-Great pics of Chile in early spring-Thanks for sharing!

' a la orden!'

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whitewidow says on Sep 10, 2009, 05:55:

No personal attacks, Sam. Can't you follow the rules or did your mama forget to teach you how to read?

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Sam Salmon says on Sep 10, 2009, 09:17:

"Mary Jane is my main thang" is your sig line is it not?

People who smoke marijuana are called Dopers-that is common usage.

' a la orden!'

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whitewidow says on Sep 10, 2009, 16:07:

You, my friend, are a fool.

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Sam Salmon says on Sep 10, 2009, 23:29:

You Mister have a brain scrambled by too much cheap dope-you're not even getting high-just suffering from a lack of oxygen.

' a la orden!'

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whitewidow says on Sep 11, 2009, 03:07:

do you really think that guy is me? did it ever cross your mind that i might be blatantly portraying a stereotype for kicks and have been on this board for the last 4 years under other "not so brazen" guise?

thank you for participating in my social experiment, sam. it is guys like you that continue to plague society by casting labels on people whom you have never had the pleasure of meeting. keep up the good work and continue making blind statements as a shortcut to thinking. maybe you should lay off the oxygen as it has obviously clouded your already poor judgement.

have a wonderful day

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whitewidow says on Sep 11, 2009, 03:22:

"The City from Isla Teja" reminds me a little of Rotterdam, Holland.

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johnny2009 says on Sep 12, 2009, 09:28:

daytime high of 15, night time low of 3

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Sam Salmon says on Sep 12, 2009, 21:42:

"daytime high of 15, night time low of 3"
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¡Mas Frio!

' a la orden!'

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johnny2009 says on Sep 13, 2009, 08:54:

I am from Europe Kurious, so although we in the UK probably gave you guys all those fucked up measurements, we have since realised the error of our ways.

Go convert it yourself because farenheit means nothing to me

They mock the French but sisteme international is the best thing ever

By the way I am getting a lovely sun tan here, that hole in the sky ain't so bad after all

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johnny2009 says on Sep 14, 2009, 18:31:

No idea Kurious, but think on this, cool air holds less water so the humidity really is not going to be bothering you are 15 degrees. The rain might piss you off some though, it is a very wet place.

I bought fresh caught merluza from the fish market by the river a couple of days ago, it was stunning poached with caperberries

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whitewidow says on Sep 14, 2009, 18:37:

fish pics? we've seen the cheese grater and that was kinda subpar.

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johnny2009 says on Sep 14, 2009, 19:44:

I´ll try and get some fish pics whilst I am here.
Kurious you mean which other parts of Valdivia am I going to visit? Well I had a walk down Coronel Santiago Bueras the other day and got lost, this afternoon I went past the church where the monks hang out, past the spanish fort and back up to the centre via the notary.

Weird thing here is my Citibank ATM card only works in one ATM at one branch of Santander Santiago. It is opposite the bar which is both weird and convenient. Here is the bar



That little old lady is there every day, she sells lottery tickets

Here is a pic of vALdivia fish market that i just googled

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johnny2009 says on Sep 14, 2009, 19:48:

Oh forgot to add Kurious, day in day out it rains here, and it is windy too

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whitewidow says on Sep 14, 2009, 20:12:

head north to the atacama

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Sam Salmon says on Sep 14, 2009, 21:32:

Merluza is a kind of Hake-can't give Hake away where I live because it's so slimy on the outside and tasteless on the inside-too many other delicious fish to eat here.

' a la orden!'

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whitewidow says on Sep 15, 2009, 06:24:

quit hijacking, sam. this is the chile forum. take that colombia talk back where it belongs fish boy.

johnny - the season are changin down that way. in another month or two it should be amazing weather for that whole region (los lagos). is valdivia in region 9 or 10?

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johnny2009 says on Sep 15, 2009, 06:59:

Kurious, I am not saying that the sun doesn't shine, it is out now. I am just saying that it also rains every day too. Yes merluza is hake. It is a white fish, not as meaty as cod haddock or corvina but also not sloppy like other fish. I am getting a sun tan because as I said, there is a hole in the sky.

Whitewidow, Valdivia is in Region 10, it seems to no longer be in Los Lagos, it is now head of its own mini administrative region called Los Ríos. Los Ríos is itself within Los Lagos. I think people were upset when Pinochet put the region's admin under Puerto Montt and Michelle Bachelet turned it back about 4 years ago. I think I have the political history vaguely correct.

I have spent a lot of time here in the past, and probably have sampled every month, I am standing by my claim that it rains every day. They say it rains 365 days a year in Valdivia, but in Chiloe it rains 370 days a year.

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whitewidow says on Sep 15, 2009, 07:26:

there is a rainchart on the valdivia page in wikipedia. there is a distinctive wet season and dry season. i have some friends that have salmon farms down in that region. as i understand it, they are all over the place down there but have had some significant disease issues over the past year or two. i will be down in a month or two myself.

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johnny2009 says on Sep 15, 2009, 08:37:

Speaking of Seattle, Valdivia is twinned with Tacoma, I just spotted that too on the wiki page

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thepieman says on Sep 15, 2009, 09:15:

great pics johnny.. no rubbish or litter anywhere..

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sirwhale says on Sep 15, 2009, 15:34:

To be honest i was dissapointed with Valdivia. All the Chileans used to go on about was that Valdivia was so beautiful and all this german influence down there. Unfortunately it was destroyed by an earthquake and now I don´t it´s so beautiful, Valpo beats it hands down. It´s surroundings are beautiful however and that´s where you should head to.

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whitewidow says on Sep 15, 2009, 16:21:

valpo is dirty, but groovy. vina is a much cleaner alternative.

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johnny2009 says on Sep 15, 2009, 18:43:

Valparaíso and Valdivia simply are not worthy of a comparison in the same way that Minneapolis and Cape Town aren't either. One is a massive port city, the other is far more residential. I don't personally think that Valdivia is particularly attractive, but German influence runs deeper than lederhosen and gabled houses. I should not "head to" Valparaíso because I am here for a very specific reason which has nothing to do with pottering about Valparaíso.

As for the great Chilean quake, if you take a look at the pics of the crumbled streets, you will see that the architecture has not changed much and you are fooling yourself if you think it was previously full of timber framed cottages and Volkswagens.

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whitewidow says on Sep 16, 2009, 05:54:

sweaters will only be in style another month or two, then it will be summer.

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sirwhale says on Sep 16, 2009, 14:56:

Viña isn´t worth a tourist trip. there´s nothing to see there. Go to Valpo po.

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johnny2009 says on Sep 16, 2009, 18:18:

i went back to that bar tonight and told that little old lady that she is on the internet.
she said "what's the internet?"

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