Hangin´ Ten in piCHILEmu

Hi everyone!
I promised I would keep ya´ll updated after every place I visit during my trek down to Patagonia.  Well, here goes post number one since I just returned from Pichilemu, Chile where I tried my best to learn how to surf.  Yes, surf.  And let me tell you, surfing is NOT easy.  All in all, I think I stood up maybe three times and not for very long, that´s for sure!  However, even though I was horrible (can you blame me? it was, afterall, my first lesson), I can see why people easily become addicted to the extreme sport.  It was incredibly fun and relaxing.  Just being out there in the water was great.  A few times after I fell off I would just chill on my board, riding the waves in... It was great!
Pichilemu as a whole was a fun time too.  There was plenty of beach-side shops and food stands.  I bought fresh ceviche for less than two US dollars.  Fantastic!  After my first (and last) surf lesson, Gaby and I laid on the beach.  Then we switched beaches and laid on the beach some more.  Both of us got a little too much sun but it was more than relaxing.  One afternoon we took a collectivo out to Punta de Lobos, which is where all the insane surfing and surf competitions happen.  Out at Punta de Lobos is also where all the crazy waves are too.  I think if I would have tried to learn how to surf out there I might not have made it back... But definitely worth a trip out there to check it out and to sit on the beach and watch all these awesome surfers do their thing.  Very impressive.
Anyways, not too much to say about Pichilemu other than it was fun and relaxing... Now I have about six hours or so before I hop on my overnight bus to Pucón, my first stop on my trek down to the ¨End of the World¨ (i.e. Patagonia).  I am nervous and excited!  It will definitely be twenty-three days of pure adventure!  I packed as light as I could - only seven shirts, one pair of shorts, yoga pants, leggings, jeans, and two pairs of shoes.  If any of you all know me, you´ll know that that is some light packing for me... :) 
Anyways I better get going!  Until Pucón...
¡Ciao!