Horses and beaches

Today we decided to check out the coast.  We drove to Buchalemu.  ***Note:   I'm butchering the spellings of places we have gone.  According to Jeff, roughly 80% of the places in this blog are not spelled correctly.  If you actually care and want to know the correct spellings, let me know and I'll look them up for you, other wise, I'm terrible at spelling in english and worse at spanish, deal with it.***

Back to my stoey...  In Buchalemu there is a beautiful black sand beach were we heard you can go horseback riding.  Jeff and I have both ridden a little bit but are not very experienced horsemen or particularly good.  We know the basics and that is it.  It was quite supprising to us when inquiring about riding that we were simply handed the horses and pointed in a general direction and told to go.  There was a whole serries of directions and possibly instructions that we missed due to the language barrier that I took to mean "hello gringos that don't understand what I'm saying.  My horses will take care of themselves.  Hope you idiots don't fall off and hurt yourselves."  

The horses had way more go power than expected.  One minute we were walking the next we were galloping through the surf!  It was thilling and a bit scary.  We had a great time.  The horses were way more in  control of the situation than I should probably admit but it was a thrilling adventure.

All pictures were taken while walking since neither of us have the skill to aim a camera when going any faster and if one horse decided to trot, canter or gallop, the other wanted to join in.

When we broght the horses back, I know we know there was some laughing at our expense.  We had a great time and the owner of the horses was good natured about the whole thing.  I got the impression that we took the wrong route but it all worked out.

We then drove up to Punta Lobos for lunch which is the Chilean surf paradise.

We then went to Pichilemu which is a very popular beach.  It was crazy crowded but neat to see.  We made a big loop and drove back to our B and B in wine country.

We finished off the day with a fantastic dinner at a winery, got a little dressed up for our last Chilean dinner.

The food and wine were great.  We were right on the edge of the vineyard and watched the sunset over the grape vines as we ate.

Its been a great trip.  It will be good to go home but I'm a little sad too.  We fly home tomorrow night.

Chile is an amazing and diverse country with spectacular scenery, friendly people and fantastic food.  I would highly recomend a visit to those wanting to see breathtaking vistas and have a little adventure.