Today was our first and only free day of the entire trip,
and I took full advantage of it! Mike, Aaron, Stephon, Nikit, Allison, and I
went surfing in a small town thirty miles out of Vina Del Mar. We were picked
up by a girl who we all thought went to the university, but we later found out
she didn’t and none of the Chilean students knew who she was. Anyway, she
picked us up in her truck that only had enough seats for six people, and we had
eight including the driver. So Aaron and I sat in the bed of the truck for the
whole ride. We had brought McDonalds and were eating it on the way to the
beach, and we were getting some pretty weird looks from everyone around us.
Anyway, the trip took a very long time and it was freezing in the bed of the
truck. We arrived at the beach and the girl who drove us said she had to leave
and that there was a bus stop somewhere that would take us back to Vina Del
Mar. So she took us and left all us to fend for ourselves for the afternoon. We
were a bit concerned about how we were going to get back. We paid for the
lessons and changed into our wetsuits, and mine had several holes in them, and
remember its winter down here and the Pacific Ocean is much colder than the Atlantic.
So we were all ready to go and the two instructors with our group told is to
get in the water. This was the coldest I have ever been in my life, and the
water kept getting in my suit I thought I was going to freeze! However, I was
able to cope with the cold and had a lot of fun surfing. This was also the
first time I ever went surfing and the first time I was in the Pacific Ocean
too! The lesson passed by quickly and we had to get back for a group dinner at
6:30. Getting back took a while and we just hoped that the bus we got on was
the right one. The ride took a while, but we got back in time for the dinner.
We ate at this really high end restaurant overlooking the ocean, it was
amazing. I ordered some steak and it was the best I had ever had in my life. Dinner
lasted until 9 and now I’m back at the hotel blogging. Saturday, May 19, 2012
Surfing In Winter!
Today was our first and only free day of the entire trip,
and I took full advantage of it! Mike, Aaron, Stephon, Nikit, Allison, and I
went surfing in a small town thirty miles out of Vina Del Mar. We were picked
up by a girl who we all thought went to the university, but we later found out
she didn’t and none of the Chilean students knew who she was. Anyway, she
picked us up in her truck that only had enough seats for six people, and we had
eight including the driver. So Aaron and I sat in the bed of the truck for the
whole ride. We had brought McDonalds and were eating it on the way to the
beach, and we were getting some pretty weird looks from everyone around us.
Anyway, the trip took a very long time and it was freezing in the bed of the
truck. We arrived at the beach and the girl who drove us said she had to leave
and that there was a bus stop somewhere that would take us back to Vina Del
Mar. So she took us and left all us to fend for ourselves for the afternoon. We
were a bit concerned about how we were going to get back. We paid for the
lessons and changed into our wetsuits, and mine had several holes in them, and
remember its winter down here and the Pacific Ocean is much colder than the Atlantic.
So we were all ready to go and the two instructors with our group told is to
get in the water. This was the coldest I have ever been in my life, and the
water kept getting in my suit I thought I was going to freeze! However, I was
able to cope with the cold and had a lot of fun surfing. This was also the
first time I ever went surfing and the first time I was in the Pacific Ocean
too! The lesson passed by quickly and we had to get back for a group dinner at
6:30. Getting back took a while and we just hoped that the bus we got on was
the right one. The ride took a while, but we got back in time for the dinner.
We ate at this really high end restaurant overlooking the ocean, it was
amazing. I ordered some steak and it was the best I had ever had in my life. Dinner
lasted until 9 and now I’m back at the hotel blogging. 
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