[{"id":4559,"link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/2026\/02\/12\/day-46-11th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-santiago-madrid-berlin-12th-feb\/","name":"day-46-11th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-santiago-madrid-berlin-12th-feb","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wolebetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img_1121.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1","alt":""},"title":"Day 46: 11th Feb 2026 - Vi\u00f1a del Mar -> Santiago -> Madrid -> Berlin (12th Feb)","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"wolfeber","link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/author\/wolfeber\/"},"date":"Feb 12, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-12 14:06:26","modifiedDate":"2026-02-12 15:06:26","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-12 14:06:26","commentCount":"4","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":12},"status":"publish","content":"We have reached the end, the final day, our return travel has started and it is time for a summary post. Six and a half weeks are a long time, the day of our arrival in Santiago with deez nuts"},{"id":4558,"link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/2026\/02\/11\/day-45-10th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-botanical-garden\/","name":"day-45-10th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-botanical-garden","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wolebetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/r52_4880.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","alt":""},"title":"Day 45: 10th Feb 2026 - Vi\u00f1a del Mar (Botanical Garden)","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"wolfeber","link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/author\/wolfeber\/"},"date":"Feb 11, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-11 08:26:35","modifiedDate":"2026-02-11 09:26:35","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-11 08:26:35","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":33},"status":"publish","content":"It has happened. Up to now my status of senior citizen was theoretical but today was the first time in my life that I financially benefited from it. We went to the Vi\u00f1a del Mar Botanical Garden (Julian's idea) and"},{"id":4557,"link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/2026\/02\/10\/day-44-9th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-valparaiso\/","name":"day-44-9th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-valparaiso","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wolebetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img_1069.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","alt":""},"title":"Day 44: 9th Feb 2026 - Vi\u00f1a del Mar (Valparaiso)","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"wolfeber","link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/author\/wolfeber\/"},"date":"Feb 10, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-10 10:48:02","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 11:48:02","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 10:48:02","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":55},"status":"publish","content":"Our day started late today as the cafeteria associated with the hotel only opens at 10, so that is the earliest breakfast time. (Yesterday it was closed and we had boxed breakfast). Then we started our Valparaiso walking tour. Valparaiso"},{"id":4556,"link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/2026\/02\/09\/day-43-8th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-beach\/","name":"day-43-8th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-beach","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wolebetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img_1028.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","alt":""},"title":"Day 43: 8th Feb 2026 - Vi\u00f1a del Mar (Beach)","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"wolfeber","link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/author\/wolfeber\/"},"date":"Feb 9, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-09 07:52:12","modifiedDate":"2026-02-09 08:52:12","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-09 07:52:12","commentCount":"2","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":20},"status":"publish","content":"Small post scriptum to yesterday's entry. In the evening I received an eBird list of all the birds that we had seen on the boat trip and I was surprised by how many of the birds I had NOT seen."},{"id":4555,"link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/2026\/02\/08\/day-42-7th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-pelagic-boat-trip\/","name":"day-42-7th-feb-2026-vina-del-mar-pelagic-boat-trip","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wolebetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/r52_4670.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","alt":""},"title":"Day 42: 7th Feb 2026 - Vi\u00f1a del Mar (Pelagic boat trip)","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"wolfeber","link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/author\/wolfeber\/"},"date":"Feb 8, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-08 08:38:08","modifiedDate":"2026-02-08 09:38:08","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-08 08:38:08","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":29},"status":"publish","content":"By sisterly request some more visuals of our favourite hangout so far. You have seen some of the rooms that we slept in, some barely had a floor to step on, they were just a bed. Not in the Habiteca"},{"id":4554,"link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/2026\/02\/07\/day-41-6th-feb-2026-copiapo-vina-del-mar\/","name":"day-41-6th-feb-2026-copiapo-vina-del-mar","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wolebetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img_0472.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1","alt":""},"title":"Day 41: 6th Feb 2026 - Copiap\u00f3 -> Vi\u00f1a del Mar","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"wolfeber","link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/author\/wolfeber\/"},"date":"Feb 7, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-07 09:07:19","modifiedDate":"2026-02-08 02:41:01","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-08 01:41:01","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":43},"status":"publish","content":"I really prefer longer travels of six weeks over short trips of two or so. You just have so much more time to arrive, adjust to the culture, and enjoy more intensely. On the other hand, we have met quite"},{"id":4431,"link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/2026\/02\/06\/day-40-5th-feb-2026-caldera-copiapo\/","name":"day-40-5th-feb-2026-caldera-copiapo","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wolebetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img_0456.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","alt":""},"title":"Day 40: 5th Feb 2026 - Caldera -> Copiap\u00f3","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"wolfeber","link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/author\/wolfeber\/"},"date":"Feb 6, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-06 09:57:26","modifiedDate":"2026-02-06 15:54:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-06 14:54:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":32},"status":"publish","content":"Another quiet day. Julian is suffering from digestive challenges and we had nothing much planned for the day anyway. A bit of quiet time in the hotel and crossing the desert a final time to reach Copiap\u00f3. We dropped our"},{"id":4424,"link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/2026\/02\/05\/day-39-4th-feb-2026-caldera\/","name":"day-39-4th-feb-2026-caldera","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wolebetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/r52_4232.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","alt":""},"title":"Day 39: 4th Feb 2026 - Caldera","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"wolfeber","link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/author\/wolfeber\/"},"date":"Feb 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-05 08:02:44","modifiedDate":"2026-02-05 09:02:44","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-05 08:02:44","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":17},"status":"publish","content":"Back to (birding) work mode. The alarm clock went off at 6:50am and I drove down to the Copiap\u00f3 river estuary (Humedal Rio Copiap\u00f3) to see some birds in the early morning. But first I had to pass through 30km"},{"id":4422,"link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/2026\/02\/04\/day-38-3rd-feb-2026-caldera\/","name":"day-38-3rd-feb-2026-caldera","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wolebetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img_0414.jpg?fit=1024%2C628&ssl=1","alt":""},"title":"Day 38: 3rd Feb 2026 - Caldera","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"wolfeber","link":"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/author\/wolfeber\/"},"date":"Feb 4, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-04 18:11:37","modifiedDate":"2026-02-12 15:28:45","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-12 14:28:45","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wolebetravel.com\/category\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">2026 Chile<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":11},"status":"publish","content":"A rest day was needed - generally, from our active schedule and physically demanding tour, and specifically, from the one too many Mojito-Beers. So we basically did ... nothing. And we felt a bit like the Croaking Ground Dove -"}]