Two weeks ago, my Chilean flatmate, Francisco, invited me to come along with him to spend the weekend at the beach. A friend of his had rented a house in Los Molles, about 2.5 hours north of Santiago. On Friday afternoon, we piled into Francisco's pickup truck and headed out of town. Francisco's friend's girlfriend was a member of Supernova, a Chilean girl-pop band which had a one-hit wonder about 7 years ago.
Los Molles wasn't anything particularly exciting, but it was nice to get out of the city for a few days. The town was kind of ramshackle and had no frills whatsoever. I spent the days reading and riding a mountain bike around. Francisco and Pop Princess went scuba diving everyday. We had an asado, or a Chilean barbecue, every night.
The pictures are from a bike ride I took one morning. There was a sea lion colony close to the town, but I didn't manage to get a very good shot of them in the water near their rock.
The ocean along Chile's shore is very cold thanks to the Humboldt current. The waves are quite strong as well. Nothing really stands in their way to stop them between New Zealand and Chile. Consequently, a Chilean beach is nothing as idyllic as, say, a Caribbean one. There were no palm trees in the sand at Los Molles, and you'd be freezing if you showed up in a bathing suit. So don't think I spent the weekend sipping piña coladas and getting a suntan!
3 comments:
That's awesome that you met a Chilean one hit wonder superstar! And also, is your mom usually at home on the weekends? I want to read that book again.
Molles sounds like my kind of laid-back place. I think I'd like to bicycle around there. Too bad it's cool on the beaches. Some bikinis could really brighten up the place. G
Nice sweatshirt.
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