Chile, south central coast

Really quite magical. Again, we wish we had more time. Lovely seafood. Nice countryside.

 Panam

 lots of timber industry evidence

 plowing with oxen

 slate walls

 cemetary

 sea lion island

 beach camping

 that's a nescafe smile

 another chilean playground

 we passed these piggies a couple of times. super cute

 place called church of the rock

 we had a nice seafood lunch here. locos are abalone, though we didn't try them. next time...

 more slate walls

 some slate in it's natural form

 it's a big potato growing region

 Halloween must be earlier in Chile

 the old haciendas had huge porches

 plantation

 log truck

 clear cut

 milky way, s hemi style

 slept on the beach again. major fog valleys to the north and south of us

 lone fisherman. he had big longshore gillnets that he reeled in by hand.

 this place was magic

 kind of grating after the last series of pics, but funny. Chileans love hotdogs for some reason

 yet another playground

 really cool

last pic from Chile, back north towards Santiago. this isn't the panam, but still a decent highway.