Surfing, kitesurfing and interesting places in Chile!

During our stay in Valparaiso, Markus, Basti and Basti's friend went to Matanzas for kitesurfing. Edda stayed in Valpo for a relax day with series 😉 The kite spot was close to Matanzas, in Pupuya. There should be big waves and strong but steady wind. Well, as we have heard many times before during our trip, Markus got to hear the same sentence, "this is not the normal weather here". There were just small waves and strong but very gusty wind. Basti lent Markus a 7m kite because Markus had just a 9m and it was way too big 😜 Even the 7m was quite big and Markus just tried to learn a bit of the waves. The water was also freezing! It was only around 14c 😲 The views on the spot were quite nice and also on our way there we stopped on a viewpoint where one can enjoy beautiful views over the sea. On the way back we stopped at a small local hot dog place 😋. 

On our way to kitesurf, we stopped to enjoy some views

Fire, wine and street art in Valparaíso, Chile

We looked very much forward to going to Valparaíso, Chile because we would see our friends Basti and Dani who live there. They were also so very kind and let us stay almost two weeks in their home. We appreciated it a lot and were really glad we got to spend some time with them. 😊 

Valparaíso is a city on the West coast of Chile. It is a very colorful city with a big harbor as well. During our first days we mainly walked around and took gazillion pictures of all the graffitis in the city. Every day something new pops up! Some art works are so big and beautiful that other artists respect those and they are on the walls for a long time. But some other places get new art work on top of the previous one all the time. If you own a house in Valparaíso (or Valpo as they say), you can hire a street artist to paint your house walls. This way you will most probably get something well-made. Otherwise someone will paint anyhow on your walls and you don't have any control over it 😝 There was one house that was white and we learned that the owners have to paint it white like every month or so.