Let´s have lunch in Valparaíso?

My biker pals have these crazy ideas
One of them calls me Saturday evening, inciting disorder: 
-Hey! Let's go have lunch in at the port! Let´s go eat some fried conger.

And what are we going to do. Among bikers honour has it that no such challenge should be ignored.

Suddenly, instead of the familiar pleasures, Sunday will be a day on a bike. A long way to an epicurean date with a marine serpent, waiting for us 120 km away

The "no biking" sign should not deter us from our goal. The constitutional right to move around any part of our republic was guaranteed before the private roads came. And while there are no alternative routes, we will be using the highway shoulders thank you very much.

The road to Valparaiso is varied and intense. The landscape changes continuously due to the hilly conditions -there are at least two major climbs to be negotiated, and two tunnels that require to stop and wait for the emergency vehicle to carry us through.

Fortunately, this beautiful cross section of Chile has not yet become a string of suburbia like other areas.
  

Congrio frito at Marco Polo...

Marco Polo in Valaparaiso, a classical stop. Simple and generous dishes, no false promises and that obliged and dubious "nautical" decor that, more than attracting tourists is the ideal nest for spiders and other bugs.

Nice routing, best lunch, very cold beers, and then off to Viña along the coastal road, refreshments at some seaside cafe until it's time to take the bus back to Santiago.