Valparaiso 瓦尔帕莱索

2022年12月2日，星期五，南美洲之旅第十六天 – Day 16 of South America Trip

PJG今天感觉好了很多，还是有些咳嗽和泻肚子，以防万一，做了新冠的快速自测，阴性，说来也奇怪，我俩这一路旅行，去过那么多人员聚集的地方，这个病毒又没消失，但是还是没被传染上，看来我俩已经建立了很强的免疫！

Well, PJG feels much better today, but still has a lingering cough and diarrhea. Just in case, he did a quick self-test for Covid-19, and it was negative. Strange to say, we have traveled far and near, and we have been to so many places where people gather – we have never worn a mask. The virus has not disappeared, but we are still not infected. It seems that we have established a strong immunity!

今天去了智利的一个海港城市瓦尔帕莱索，从我俩这里坐轻轨17分钟就到了。去之前在油管上看过很多视频，知道这里是一个彩色的世界，亲自来到这里还是被这里无处不在的墙绘给惊呆了。拍了很多的照片，我打算回家后好好整理一下照片再单独贡献一篇，现在就在这篇贴几张好看的照片，要不这篇就太长了。

Today we went to Valparaiso, a seaport city just north of Vina Del Mar. It took just 17 minutes to take the light rail from our place. I watched a lot of videos on YouTube before I went, and I knew that this is a very colorful world. Valparaiso was in fact the main reason we came to this area. Even though, seeing the colors in person, I was still stunned by the ubiquitous wall paintings here. I took a lot of photos. I plan to organize the photos after I get home and contribute a separate post to document them. For now, I will just post a few good-looking photos here, otherwise this post will be too long and it will put you to sleep.

来欣赏瓦尔帕莱索的墙绘吧：

Come and admire the wall paintings in Valparaíso with us:

看完日落，我俩决定在周围转转找一个饭店吃晚饭，走了一会儿发现很多饭店都没什么人，突然间一个很热闹的饭店出现了，很多人都在排队等位，当然就在这里吃晚饭啦。我俩坐在吧台喝啤酒等位的时候，旁边的两个老哥问我是不是菲律宾人，在这里补充一下，目前为止，我俩的经历是在南美洲很少见到亚洲人，很奇怪，在欧洲旅游的时候，很多很多的亚洲人。我这次也没晒黑啊，怎么像菲律宾人了呢？ 我告诉他们我是中国人。其中一位老哥在美国工作过很多年，他可以说英语，但是另外一位就不说英语了，总之一段愉快的对话。

After watching the sunset, we decided to look for a restaurant to have dinner. After walking for a while and not seeing anything good, we found that many restaurants were deserted; it was only 9pm! Suddenly, a very lively restaurant appeared, and many people were waiting in line. Of course, we had to have dinner here! While we were sitting at the bar drinking beer and waiting for a seat, two older fellows sitting next to us asked me if I was a Filipino. A little explanation: so far, our experience has been that you rarely see Asians in South America, which seems very strange. When traveling in Europe, there were many, many Asians. I didn’t get tanned this time, so how come I look like a Filipino? I told them I am Chinese. One of the elder men, Jerry, had worked in the US for many years and his daughter still lives there. He spoke English very well, but the other only knew Spanish. All in all, it was a pleasant and enjoyable conversation.

另外一件有意思的事是我俩吃饭的时候，邻桌的一位老哥（下面照片中的）坐过来问PJG是不是德国人，哈哈，然后坐在那里和我俩聊了半天，一开始我以为这是一个什么骗局，立刻警觉地看好自己的手机和包包，后来发现不是，他就是过来聊天地，哈哈，他会说德语，英语，罗马尼亚语，但是不会说西班牙语。多么奇妙的一个晚餐经历。

Another interesting thing is that while the two of us were eating, another old man, named Karl, who was at the table next to us (in the photo below) came over and asked PJG if he was German, haha! Then he just sat down with us and chatted for a long time. At first I thought it might be some kind of scam, and immediately looked at my mobile phone and bag vigilantly, but later found out that it was not – he had just came to chat, haha! He can speak German, English, Romanian, but not Spanish. What an amazing dinner experience.

今天应该是这次南美洲之旅最愉快的一天，独特的景色和奇妙的经历。

Today was undoubtably the most enjoyable day of our trip to South America, with its unique views, a delicious lunch and many interesting experiences.