Pucón, Chile

When we arrived at Pucón late at night, we got a random hostel. At our hostel my mom pulled my tooth out!!!! The tooth fairy came! And left me 1000 Chilean Pesos! We only stayed there for 1 night so we had to go to another hostel.

The other hostel was called Alma Nativa. The next morning we went rafting. It was really fun! There were commands that the guide said and we needed to follow. The commands were:

1. Forward paddle: when we had to paddle forward
2. Backwards paddle: when we had to paddle backwards
3. Stop: was when we stopped padding
4. Down: was when we sat down in the raft away from the edges
5. High five: was when we finished going down some rapids and we put our paddles together to celebrate

There were big waves and cold water. We had to wear wetsuits. I was not scared. It reminded me of tubing at the cabin.

Then after a couple of days we went zip lining. It was really fun! I was not scared. We were high above the ground. There were 6 zip lines. On the 4th zip line I got hit by some leaves!

Surfing in Pichilemu

I went surfing in Pichilemu. We had lessons with a man named Marcelo. We first put on our wetsuits. The wetsuits were thick. Mine was black with green arms and when I jumped it felt like the wetsuit had a spring and it made me feel like I was jumping really high! It kept me warm in the water. We did not go in the water first. We learned how to get up on the board. It was pretty hard. I am glad that we practiced. Daddy and Charlie had their own boards. I went on a board with Marcelo because he thought I was too small, it was fun! I stood up on the board! I was glad I went with Marcelo because I probably could not paddle back to where we were surfing after I caught a wave.

The Beach

One of the beaches was near a fish market. At the fish market, the people who work in the fish market threw parts of fish to the pelicans and seagulls.

We found fish heads on the beach and we fed them to the sea lions that were in the water under the pier. The sea lions are bigger than bears! When Charlie threw a fish head to a sea lion, the sea lion caught it in his mouth!

At the same beach, we met up with two Chilean girls who didn't speak English. Their names were Sophia and Connie. We found sand crabs with them and played with them in the big waves even though we didn't speak the same language. It was fun at the beach!