Zapallar

Doing a little bit of catch up with this blog entry- I actually went to Zapallar with the Stanford group during our first Friday here. (can't believe it's that was 5 weeks ago!) It's about 2.5 hours Northeast of Santiago, and we headed up for the day with a group of Chilean students from Universidad de Chile.

Overall, I found the beach and surrounding area extremely beautiful. With green hills, a rocky coastline, and lots of upscale houses, it reminded me a lot of Carmel back home in California. Also had some fresh empanadas de camarones y queso (shrimp and cheese) that were the best I've had here so far.

The View from Above

(couldn't help but snag this photo off Google images since I didn't take any good ones from this view)

Closer to the Coast

It wasn't quite as hot as Santiago, but that didn't stop us from getting wet...

nothing like salty hair after a long day at the beach either!