La Isla Negra Day 3

Today we met at 9am to go to the shore, about a 2 hour drive. The city is called La Isla Negra and it's a very small beach town. The first stop was this famous poet, Paulo Neruda. He was a collector of things.. literally really weird things. we weren't allowed to take pictures inside of the house, but it was full of figureheads, ships in bottles, glasses, little guitars, bugs, shells, bottles, pretty much anything that interested him. he even had a room for a paper mache horse and the house had to be extended several times to fit all this things. lol. but the view from his house was absolutely stunning.

his backyard.

his symbol. "Neruda"

his house from the "backyard" where he's buried.

Afterwards, we got back on the bus and drove out for about another hour to this even smaller village where we had AUTHENTIC Chilean food. delish.. but a lot of corn was involved with the meal. lol. then we went shopping around the little booths and stores. mental note: must buy a cowboy hate before i leave.

our table.

empanada. noms.

postre... something. mashed up corn with minced meat and chicken.

Peach dessert.. with corn, but i got raspberry/vanilla ice cream.

Darryl bought a beanie.

we're supposed to go out tonight.. bar hopping with our guide, Carla. i'll update if we do :)

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We went to our first restaurant alone! we ordered pizza and paid the bill&tip and it was a success!

i got a pepperoni pizza after guessing! :D

So we ended up going to La bellavista and drankkk then went to a bar! i only had two drinks.. one mai tai at this house of blues type rip off. and then we walked around to find a place to go dancing! it was probably one of the funnest clubs i ever went to even though i didn't understand most of the music. Carla got us into the VIP section and it was cool! we got to go to the upper level and drink and dance the night away. and we went home in the taxi which was kind of funny when he dropped us off because we wouldn't get out of the car. went to sleep at 3:30am.. such a fun/late night!

darryl's beer.

my pink mai tai! :)

no pictures from clubbing, but it was funnnnnn! :D