Blogs from Pichilemu, O Higgins, Chile, South America - page 3

Chegamos a Pichilemu no dia 1 à noite, uma pequena vila na costa de Rancagua. Ficamos numa pequena residencial. passados dois dias mudamo-nos para a praia em Punta de Lobos e é deste lugar que eu quero falar. Encontramos o que procuravamos. À chegada , recebidos por uma festa de luzes de um final de tarde espectacular. A paisagem árida varrida pelo vento, os cactos floridos nas escarpas, pássaros negros cruzando o ar gorgeando e as ondas perfeitas e interminaveis que se formavam atras das duas grandes rochas - as tetas, em cujo topo repousava a colonia de pelicanos - e traziam os surfistas ate a praia. Com os pes quentes enterrados na areia negra fiquei a ver os surfistas, pequininos, fluir nas ondas na companhia dos lobos marinhos que la brincavam tambem. De noite, um ... read more

hola amigos, bueno les cuento hace una semana y media comenzo la mini cruzada en la escuela de discipulado de Jucum. el equipo esta visitando un pueblo llamado Teno, esto queda a 2 horas desde pichilemu o a 3 horas al sur de Santigo. Con mi esposa Mandy no pudimos ir a esa mini cruzada ya que el equipo solo tenia que ser de 20 personas dandole toda la priporidad a los estudiantes de la escuela, no obstante nosotros aprovechamos la oportunidad de ir a concepcion ya que Mandy no se encontraba bien de salud, para que sepan ella tiene una gastritis bien avanzada, y damos gracias a Dios que el provello todo lo que necesitabamos en concepcion, ahora ella esta en un tratamiento que debemos seguir rigurosamente. Estuvimos una semana en concepcion, fue un ... read more

As you know i have had a problem with my right foot for some time now. Since i got bitten by mosquitoes 4 months ago in Ecuador, i have had one bite on my right foot that has refused to heal. It quickly turned into an ulcer and due to the fact that i wouldn't stay out of the water, it has got progressively worse. I have tried tape, waterproof socks, plasters, iodine, antiseptic powder, special dressings, alcohol, cream, antibiotics and it has still not gone away. I spent quite alot of time out of the water when Emma visited me in Peru and then following that it didn't spend too long in the water in Brazil (due to there being little swell). When i arrived in chile, there was also a flat period of about ... read more

It was hard to leave the city since I was also leaving many friends behind. In a very short time, I met so many wonderful people, mostly at the language school, from all over the world. But the road was calling. The first stop Pichilemu, the surfing capital of Chile. It was 8 of us: me, Jordan and Jenna (US), Becca (UK), Joanna (France), Marcello from Brasil, and two Chileans whom I did not know before. The town definitely had a laidback atmosphere, as one would expect from a beach town where surfing dudes hangout. What a change from the ritzy Vina del Mar! As soon as we arrived, we headed to the beach. The water was even colder than in Vina, and I literally froze my private parts off. Luckily, our Chilean friends had ... read more

Thursday 25th January to Saturday 27th January, 2007. Mario woke me as requested at 8.45am, three hours after hitting the sack, and I then spent an age waiting for the tourbus which was forty five minutes late, time I would have just loved to have spent horizontal in my bed. I met my guide, Tonia and driver Sergio then climbed aboard barely looking down the bus at my new friends with whom I´d be spending the next five days and nights. For some bizarre reason the only seat vacant was the one at the very front, the one with unlimited leg room and it was all mine. I was happy. After an hour we stopped at the small village of Pomaire, known for it´s hand crafted pottery, an ancient village of ´Indians´ with Inca origins. I ... read more