Anja and I met up in Santiago. After having found the nice beach in Concon, I took here there for another day-trip. That day the weather was great and it is less cold. Unfortunately, we only got pro surfboards (way too small for us), so we had our least successful surfing attempt today - didn't stand on the board a single time. I got hit by the surfboard over the head (again!). This time in the face, and as a result I got a beautiful black eye for a week. Some t...

I made two day-excursions to Concón, a small city on the coast, with a beach facing northward. The beach is habitated by an increadible army of seagulls. I've never seen so many in one spot - must be many thousands. They tend to sit in the same spot, making the beach look like a black-and-white carpet, until one of them starts to get nervous and fly away, and thousands follow. Very impressive. Concón beach is really very good for surfing. Its large, very flat,...