Pichilemu October 9th - 11th

Tuesday October 9th:
Today they group went to the beach break at Punta de Lobos to go surfing. The waves were perfect and the whole group had a great time. Josh brought along a kayak and surfed some waves. While most were still surfing, Esther and Jen decided to go on a dangerous mission and hunt for crabs. There were huge ones walking around the shore line, so all you had to do was grab them…. Not as easy as it sounds, but they managed to catch one and they enjoyed it for dinner that night! After three hours of a good surf session the group came back to the lodge for lunch and chilled out for the afternoon. Izzi and Nick went to a house/museum and saw a bunch of clay pottery. It was really cool because all of the clay they used was gathered right from their backyard! After the house they went to a real museum where they witnessed a lot of odd local culture. For the most part there was nothing really famous there but just a lot of interesting stuff. After awhile the rest of the group went out for another evening surf session. The waves weren’t as big but it was still a lot of fun. When they were done they got a chance to go into town and hang out and go shopping. All in all it was a great day for surfing!

Wednesday October 10th:
Today Joe, Casey, Mark, and L.B. woke up for an “early morning” surf session, it would be the last time that they would get to surfing in Chile; for today was their last day in Pichilemu. While they went surfing the other group members had a relaxing morning of packing and resting their weary muscles. After lunch they packed all of their things into the trucks and headed out to Santiago. On the way they stopped at a winery and had a wine tasting and wine tour. The place where they had the wine tour was an organic winery; the lady said they were the only organic winery in Chile and quite possibly the only one in South America. Then they were off to another wine tour and this place had vines that were almost 100 years old! After the tour they drove to Santiago to catch their bus to Pucon. When they got to the bus station Izzi got the sickness. They got on their bus around 10:30pm and prepared themselves for a 10 hour ride. The bus ride wasn’t too bad though because there was a lot of leg room for a medium sized person. It you were anywhere from 5’8”-6’0” you were comfortable… otherwise the seats were uncomfortably big or uncomfortably small. Their next stop would leave them in Pucon for their week off.

Thursday October 11th:
Today the group arrived in Pucon! They checked in at their hostel and were immediately bombarded by some imposter guides. They thought that these people were the people they were supposed to be talking with but after a bunch of very small inconsistencies and misunderstandings they realized that these three people were not Andreas, their real guide. He would be coming the next day to give us information on all the things they could do in Pucon. For the most part the group realized that most things in Pucon are very expensive… so they really would not be doing to much while they are here.

I am not going to keep a day by day update on the blog while we are Pucon because this is the groups week off and everyone is doing their own thing, climbing, hot springs tours, or enjoying the town of Pucon. But come the end of our stay I will give a big update!