CHRISTMAS IN HORCON......WITH OUR NEW TOY SAM.

So it was our first Christmas without any family which was a little strange but having Sam arrive and finding a great location for the Christmas period, made it a really great one. Stayed in Horcon which is about 1hour on a rickety bus from Viña del Mar. Was a small little fishing village where you could buy fish right from the boats as the fishermen pulled them up on shore. Totally awesome. Stayed with a crackup, large, Chilean called Juan Estaban who made our time even better and much more amusing! Ate and ate.....turkey, roasts, fresh fish and even a Christmas pudding from NZ!!!!.... and basically just spent the days lazing around. A holiday from our holiday.

New Years was in Valpraiso....massive fireworks display which spanned the coast of probably about 20kms. Pretty impressive. Found out shortly though that the Chileans aren't as good at street parties and general celebrating as the rest of South America. A good night.....but not as good as we were hoping.

Joel and Sam chilling on the fishing boats down at the shore of Horcon.

Horcon had millions of Pelicans who ate off the scraps from the fishing boats. Heres Sam loving it as the birds swarm around us.

We rented a quad pedal bike in Viña del Mar. Funny cruising on the road with all the traffic but funnier when we mounted the footpath and terrorized the locals.....yeah!

Us on some rocks. Reñaca.