One Sunday we went out for lunch, and eight hours later we arrived back home. Normally, I am the world’s worst passenger when driving, but not this time. The scenery was spectacular. Our destination was the little town of Torio. Driving over a mountain range everything was brown, the scenery very similar to driving in the Okanaghan during the dog days of summer.
According to Waze, Torio is only 210 km from Pedasi, but would take 3.5 hours to get there! We knew the road to Santiago is in good shape, mostly a twinned highway with double lanes. The only way to find out what the remaining would be like was to just go. Everything was fine except for the last 20 km, which is in the process of being resurfaced….but not yet!
We did not see any deer or bears on the road, just this iguana climbing up a tree. It stopped, posed for a picture, then carried on.
After much twisting and turning, up and downing, we went around a corner to see the most spectacular view. There was no space to pull over for a good shot, but oh so pretty. In all fairness, there seems to be hundreds of those spectacular views any time you drive along the coast. Pictures taken through a dusty windshield sure don’t do justice! Places to pull over aren’t always where you want them to be either.
After a police check stop to make sure we had our passports and license, and to make sure we hadn’t overstayed our three month allotted time to be able to rent a car, we carried on. Daryl found the road to the beach (not marked and my sense of direction hasn’t improved). Time to get out and stretch our legs.
Another beautiful beach. There were not many, but a few people around. And this town had some houses close to the beach, which Pedasi doesn’t have. By now it was way past my lunch time. The restaurant was cool and the food was good. The chef did have a tough time understanding why Daryl would order a hamburger without the bun! No problem understanding the words, it was the why!
Interesting fence! Slices of trees and flat rocks between wire in a metal frame.
Another successful day trip! While Torio was pretty to visit, for me it is too isolated and too small. We arrived back in Pedasi tired and happy.
Cheers
Ruth
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