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Soon after my arrival in Chile that tune I learned in school was running through my head-finiculi finicula finiculi finicula  probably because I ascended into the heavenly heights  of Cerro San Cristobal via a fairly rickety mode of transport known as a funicular.

Travel Tip 1

If you want to be part of the madding crowd book a Sunday ticket but if you want to recline in peace and quiet at the top and lie by the more exclusive of the two swimming pools book for a weekday. The view is spectacular.

Did I mention already that I’m a scuba diving instructor and water safety is top of my list but when you’re busy talking a different language sometimes the most obvious things go right over your head like large flags. I suppose red means danger in any language but being in the holiday mood I was not seeing red on arrival to the beach at Vina del Mar. The locals were certainly in holiday mode and before I knew it I was chasing waves with the best of them. It was fast and exhilarating at first but after a few tumbles and being dragged along like a rag doll (with bones) and clutching at straws (that turned out to be the bones of the indigenous folk) I decided it to call it a day  and hop on the bus Gus back to Valparaiso.

Travel Tip 2

Don’t overdo it as you smell the roses-you might forget to check the flag of the day.

Did you know that the song  Finiculi Finicula was penned by Peppino Turco in 1880 to celebrate the 1st Funicular in the vicinity of Vesuvius, (Italy for those about to Google it) -and expresses the joy of travelling “in an exhilarating manner to the sky.” On the other hand Hop on the bus Gus is a line from Simon and Garfunkel’s Fifty Ways to Lose Your Lover. And madding associated with The Thomas Hardy book and now associated  with the 1967 film by the same name  starring Julie Christie and Terence Stamp means frenzied.

If you have any travel tips/info  or have been to Chile please comment below

Tags: Chile, funicular, google, pool, Santiago, ticket, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar

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