We spent Christmas in a small surfy town on the coast of Chile called Pichilemu, 3 hours south of Santiago with Rob and Kim who we´d met in Pucon. We stayed in the cutest little cabana at Cabanas Buena Vista - a real find as we rocked up the day before christmas eve without reservations. The owners Sonia and Eugenio were great and supplied us with eveything we needed to cook our christmas lunch in the tiny little oven. Days were spent on the beach, attempting to surf and bodyboard and we drank and played cards in the evenings. The waves were great, but really strong currents swept you down to the other end of the beach in a matter of minutes. Just outside of town was a beach called Punta de Lobos which has huge waves and is where they hold annual surf competitions.
Our mock christmas lunch of Roast Chicken with the works and icecream for pud made up for what we were missing at home. Christmas isn´t a big thing in Chile, with most celebrations happening on christmas eve. On the big day the locals were out eating empanadas and chips in the town and relaxing on the beach - James and Rob even found a freindly seal to bodyboard with.
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