ALGARROBO

Algarrobo beach is where my family's cottage is, in a condo called "San Alfonso del mar".


Here is an aerial picture of it.


The path from the Condominium to the beach.


Leaving my imprint on the sand.


Kevin looking at the beautiful houses uphill.


Here's my favorite one: A boat-house right on top of a cliff.


The patient fishermen. I've never seen them catch anything but seaweed, but they are always there, looking for "pulgas de mar" (sand fleas) to use as bait. The first time we told Kevin that we have bugs in the sand he didn't believe it until we actually catch one.


A chilean sand flea!!! They make air bubbles in the sand when the waves retrieve, so if you dig fast enough, you can catch them . Apparently they also make a very good soup. I haven't been brave enough to try it yet.


Never underestimate global warming. BE SAFE!
(Just as a note, chilean people are not as paranoid as this guy, he was probably just trying to even his tan. You have to have lots of personality, though!).


Vera "on the rocks".


The chilean coast is full of these big wrinkled rocks, as if they were covered in elephant skin. They are so much fun to climb on!


The fury of the PACIFIC OCEAN, presumably "the most spectacularly misnamed of oceans".


Kevin showing off at the Condo's big lagoon. Beside this water trampoline, there's also a huge water slide and a temperate indoor pool. Did I tempt you enough yet? Are you coming?