We took a slight detour north to quickly visit Vina Del Mar which is a vibrant coastal town about 10km north of Valparaiso. Here the long beach front is riddled with large apartment blocks which we´re sure would be packed to the rafters during summer. We hear that its the place to be during the hotter months. ¿ Perhaps another time?
A breif stop off at San Fernando Del Mar to see the worlds largest swimming pool broke up our morning ride, although attemps to enter the resort failed leaving us slightly disapointed. We didn´t mind too much after all we had so much excitement ahead of us. An amazing site none the less.
We picked up some extra spanish with some help of two chilean couples who were at the same campsite as us on the Embalse Rapel lake. Its amazing how much more you seem to learn after downing a couple of drinks.
A couple of fanatastic nights camping off the beaten track at the Reserva Nacional Altos De Lircay...only problem was the road there gave our bikes a bit of a beating and we had to do some road side repairs to Dave´s bike - going to be taking it a bit easier on the dirt roads from now on in!
Oil and filter change at local Kawa dealer in Temuco where the bike of choice is definitely green!
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