pichelimu

"home" for five days ----------------- contemplation


the buying of fish and seafood --------------------- the feeding of the pelican


pichelimu beach -------------------------------- and sunset



sundowners with marie and ludo



punta de lobos (great surfing spot)




our christmas eve apero on the balcony ------------ the first fireworks of 2009


what a great spot to land up in after endless days of travelling! it made it all worth while. pichelimu is a quaint fishing village where one is able to buy fresh fish and, or seafood off the boats that perch themselves in the sand. we aren't the only visitors as there were numerous dogs (as per usual in chile), seagulls and pelicans who try to chance their luck.

we witnessed a rather tame peli getting fed by a fisherman which was awesome. almost at the same moment, a dog also tried to get a treat which unfortunately ended the show. good bye peli and salty snack for the dog too.

ludo, marie, seb and i rented a little flat one road from the beach with a kitchen, which was ideal for the five days that we would spend there. marie treated us to a few cakes (good pastries are hard to come by in this hood). unfort. they left on the 31st (and partied into the new year with airfrance) and we stayed on to share the pichelimese festivities.

these were quite...different. plastic clown hats, colourful masks and lumo flashing tubes. oh and i can't forget the bottle of "champagne" (we all know that only the REAL champagne comes from france) in hand. unfortunately, there was no countdown and not having a watch, we decided to celebrate a few times. why not, right?! to make up for it, there was a fireworks display that was pretty impressive. that is when we discovered where all the people had got it - the beach was lit up with each explosion and there were thousands of folk in their plastic hats and champagne bottles (empty mostly).

an unique new years eve, just the two of us. that reminds me of a song...that i won't sing or attach as a video. lucky you!

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Pichelimu est un petit village de surfer sur la cote chilienne; un endroit parfait pour terminer les vacances de Ludo et Marie tranquillement apres ces 3 jours de route. On loue un petit appart en bord de mer et on passe les journées a la plage ou alors a manger les délicieux gateaux préparés par Marie.

Pour le nouvel an, on assiste avec Karis en solo (Ludo et Marie nous ont quitté, préférant passer le nouvel an dans l'avion, leur spécialité) au feu d'artifice sur la plage puis on va se méler à la foule qui célèbre ce nouvel an avec champagne et chapeaux de clown. Un nouvel an spécial donc mais vraiment sympa et différent des autres années.