Yachting Club de Herradura

29 58.781'S, 71 21.678'W

This morning we got the dingy inflated and went in to check into the yacht club. They are very welcoming and helpful. We get three days of free moorage and it will cost about $20 a day after that. We found out that they have a launch which will pick shuttle us to/from the boat. Wish we had known before we got the dingy out. Live and learn. The yacht club handles our check-in with the port captain as well.

Yachting Club de Herradura

Windarra at anchor

 

They called us a taxi so we could go into Coquimbo and see the folks at Entel, the company we are using for internet with the cell phone. With our limited Spanish and there was no one there that spoke English we did manage to get our phone up an working again. Unfortunately we only get 7Mb a day until January 1st and then we should have 120Mb. We will see.

We found a nice restaurant across the street for lunch and then we walked around town. In one plaza there was a nativity scene. Next to it was a tent blaring middle eastern music and a sign promoting the mosque in town. A little bit of everything.

We also saw ramps similar to Lombard Street in San Francisco leading farther up the hill. On top of the hill is a giant cross standing 93 meters high. It is supposed to have a museum as well.


Cheers

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