Today we had no company visits, we just looked around various small towns and went to Isla Negra, the house of Pablo Neruda.
We got to a small town at about 11:00 AM, and found out that we would not be going to Isla Negra until 4:00PM, so we were very confused. We first went around a lower income area and saw a lot of interesting things. There was a castle, and some solar panels on a roof; we saw a pack of dogs, and even went to the tomb of a famous poet.
After visiting the tomb, we went to another town to eat lunch; it was a very nice seafood restaurant, I had scallops, mussels, and Salmon with rice and shrimp.
After lunch we went to go see the largest pool in the world. It was empty, but it was 20 acres big, and we heard it was 115 feet deep. The guard was nice enough to let us into the pool area and take pictures, and then we also got to see a beautiful beach with huge waves and nice sand.
Then we went to Isla Negra to see Pablo Neruda’s – a famous poet – house. It looks normal on the outside, but on the inside it was designed to look like the inside of a boat. We took a tour in Spanish, with Jorge – our professor – translating. It is also a museum and Neruda’s burial place. They had a very nice gift shop with posters and stuff of his poems.
After Isla Negra we drove home in a very, very thick fog; our bus driver was very good.
Lessons Learned: 1. There are many close towns around Vina del Mar and Valparaiso.
2. Chile has the largest pool.
3. LAN is adding 787s and expanding their cargo line.
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