Pichilemu - Day 2 [10/05]

We got up early for breakfast at 9:00, which is included in the price of the room. This fueled us up for our trek to find a leash for Dave and a place to rent surf stuff.


[our view during breakfast, the day started out a little cloudy]

At Lobos del Pacifico Surf, you can rent anything you need to surf in Pichilemu.
Selma and I rented boards, wet suits, booties, and leashes for 6.000 pesos a day, which is about 12 USD [for one day, it is 8.000].


[surf shop right by the ocean]

After we suited up, we headed to the beach that is across from the shop to surf. There were already lots of surfers in the water, some in groups, some in classes, and some by themselves. It was kind of hard to catch waves at this beach for us beginnings because it was really windy and since it is a bay.


[one of the beaches in Pichilemu]

At about 1:00, we headed back to the hostel, showered, and headed back into town to find an ATM and some lunch. [When traveling in Chile, it is important to remember that a lot of places don't take credit cards, some always have cash, or an easy method to get cash.] After we found the much needed ATM, we also found a super cheap and delicious meal. An appetizer, main course, and dessert only cost us about 6 USD!


[Selma and I at lunch]


[our dessert - platano con miel/ banana with honey]

We devoured all the food pretty quick, and with our sights already set on once/dinner, we headed to the supermercado to pick up some groceries. We decided that we would make bread-pizzas, but also bought candy marshmallows and chocolate-covered crackers, in hopes of making something that resembled a s'more.

On our way back, we stopped at some artesenias by the beach to buy some souvenirs. Traveling through town was done on some sweet bikes that Marcel was providing us with. Although they are in very bad condition, they serve the purpose of getting around the small town very easily.


[biking by the artesenias]


[me and my totally rad bike]

After we got back to the hostel, we took it easy and watched the sunset over the pacific ocean from the beach.


[the view from front of the resturant watching the sunset]


[the sunset]

We started our once by making some delicious guacamole with the fresh paltas that we got at the supermarket. Then, we proceeded to the kitchen to try to make the pizzas that we had planned on. We had round pieces of typical Chilean bread, tomatoes, cheese and salami [for the meat eaters]. This whole process turned into quite the fiasco. When we got to the kitchen, there wasn't any gas hooked up to the stove or oven. After asking Marcel for the gas, we basically only had a camp-stove set-up, which left making pizzas out of the picture. What we ended up doing was making Chilean-style grilled cheese, but it was still good and a good effort.