This weekend (being a long weekend...5 days for me!) Katie and I went to Pichilemu, a surf town a couple hours south of Santiago. They are famous for annual surf competitions at "Punto de Lobos"...where surfers can ride long waves. Katie has been to Pichilemu a couple times and knows the owner of "Manzana 54" a surf shop & school.
We arrived Friday late afternoon after an excruciatingly long bus ride. The bus stopped every 15 minutes- it even picked up migrant workers on the highway? So a 2 1/2 hour destination turned into a 5 1/2 hour ride. Finally we arrived in the beautiful costal town, that wasn't as affected by the earthquake as we expected. Katie had met a hostel/restaurant owner named Marcelo the last time she was in Pichilemu so we stayed at "Hostal Surf" right on the water. They used to be connected with "Puente Holandase" a restaurant/ bar across the street where you could meet other guests, have breakfast, and hang out at night. They even had a couple hot tubs on the deck! Unfortunately, it was completely destroyed by the Earthquake/Tsunami and then looted. Katie was really looking forward to going there, so we had to make alternative plans for entertainment.
We ended up eating dinner at a place nearby called "Adobar". It was pretty nice...then we were joined by (why does this ALWAYS happen to us?) two men who happened to be P.D.I's (FBI) stationed in Pichilemu to help out after the quake. Pichilemu doesn't have much police enforcement apparently. Anyways, they were kinda strange/drunk (?) and insisted on buying us drinks and sat at our table with us. They tried to get us to go do kareoke with them...but honestly, we couldn't take anymore of them singing American music and trying to get us to figure out/correct their lyrical mistakes. Luckily, we bailed on them and were able to go the rest of the weekend without bumping into them around town.
P.S I forgot to add that on the bus they had a very small tv and a dvd 7 pack of Steven Segall movies! Dubbed. OMG. Kill me.
(1 & 2) Hostal Surf
(3) Puente Holandase (so sad...it looked like a really awesome place!)
(4) Katie!
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