Chanco

This little blighter or one of his friends got into my shoe and gave my toe a nasty sting

Pacific ocean

Traditional fishing method with the biggest rod I've ever seen!!

Sunset through coastal Monterrey pine plantation

We arrived in the small coastal town of Chanco on the day of their annual gaucho rodeo! Lots of horses and "weekend" gauchos. 

The journey to Chanco from Talca was interesting as we passed through forestry country and saw quite literally hundreds of small sawmills and one huge one in the town of Constitution.

Chanco itself was very picturesque, but after two days we had run out of things to do and decided to make a beeline for Santiago and civilisation.