More fun times with Karin

Posted by Lisa on August 9th, 2007 — Posted in Activities

Tuesday we decided to go to Isla Damas to see the penguins with my friend and her family. I’ve been there more than a couple times and have always had good luck and been able to go out, unlike my friend Angela who has gone 5 times and never been able to go out in the boats due to rough seas. We figured my luck would prevail and we would all get to go. Tuesday was a gorgeous sunny day, but when we get to Caleta los Chorros we found the fishermen hanging out on shore. Unfortunately the seas were too rough so we couldn’t go out. We did go to the “playa las conchitas” which means beach of shells and had a great time walking around the beach which funnily enough was made of only shells, we couldn’t see any sand. We then headed to one of our favorite restaurants for lunch.

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Guanaco

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Burrowing Owl

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Caleta los Hornos

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Coquimbo

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Lunch at Gladys’ which is famous for their Pastel de Jaiba (chilean crab and cheese casserole)

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Cooking up the corvina and reineta we bought at the fish market

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Drinking papaya juice

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Wine tour at Las Cavas del Valle- which is one of the smallest and highest wineries in Chile. For the wine tasting, we got to try the wine right out of the barrel.

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OH NO!!! We were planning on going to one of our favorite spots in Pisco Elqui- a fresh juice bar, and when we got there we found this…

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The good news is they plan to rebuild and reopen for the summer.

Karin and Steve in front of the church and pics of the church

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Pisco tour

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At the dam and the aeolian harp

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Tonight Karin and I head off on the overnight bus to Santiago. Look for an update next week. Have a great weekend!

3 Comments

Comment by Emory, Mom & Dad

Great pictures. Too bad about the penguins, maybe next week. We’re so disappointed about the juice bar!!!!! Maybe it’ll be bigger and better once they rebuild.
Looking forward to your pictures from Santiago.

Posted on August 10, 2007 at 5:45 pm

Comment by Katy

looks like you had a blast! i miss you girls!

Posted on August 11, 2007 at 9:44 pm

Comment by Cara Resig

FUN TIMES! Chilean crab and cheese casserole sounds fantastic. Lisa, good air time!

Posted on August 13, 2007 at 9:33 am

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