Valparaíso, Chile - Journey of Ernesto "Che" Guevara: "The Motorcycle Diaries" (sitios de interés)
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Guevara goes into extensive detail when describing this city. Valparaíso is a very contrasting city compared to the rest of the towns or cities we've seen described in the book so far. It is also one of the more complex, and interesting locations the pair has visited thus far.
Guevara describes the city as being "picturesque, built to the edge of the beach and overlooking a large bay." It is interesting because as the pair inspect the city more thoroughly, they are confronted with unexpected poverty. Guevara says, "as if patiently dissecting, we pry into dirty stairways and dark recesses, talking to the swarms of beggars; we plumb the city's depths, the miasmas draw us in. Our distended nostrils inhale the poverty with sadistic intensity"(69).
Guevara describes the city as being "picturesque, built to the edge of the beach and overlooking a large bay." It is interesting because as the pair inspect the city more thoroughly, they are confronted with unexpected poverty. Guevara says, "as if patiently dissecting, we pry into dirty stairways and dark recesses, talking to the swarms of beggars; we plumb the city's depths, the miasmas draw us in. Our distended nostrils inhale the poverty with sadistic intensity"(69).
Picture of Valparaíso, Chile near the port.
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