What a sight to see the mountains on one side and the sea on the other. Our 2.5 hour bus ride displayed mountains upon mountains, avocados (palta), sheep, and even some deer. Nestled between the Andes and the Pacific is another mountain range so all you can see in the distance is more mountains.
I enjoyed my first bbqs (asados) and ate more meat than you could imagine. We had a bbq every night. You start by eating some choripan which is kind of like a little hot dog or brat, but better. We then moved on to grilled pork, chicken, and steak and some zucchini.
Since it was September 18, they have la fonda, which is basically a big tent you pay to enter. Pichidangui was apparently the happening place this year, so there were thousands of youth at the fonda we went to. It kind of felt like a high school dance with old music, but we had a lot of fun.
Our first morning in town, one of the Chilean girls in the group and myself went for a walk. We saw gorgeous views of the coast and a whole bunch of pelicans!
Our group was made up of four of us from the states, five Chileans, and one guy from Ireland. We met-up with some Chilean friends while there and the group got along really well together. We spoke lots of Spanglish!
