SETTLING IN ON THE CENTRAL CHILEAN COAST

Yesterday I went into the port of San Antonio, Chile with my friend Diego Savignone, who is also the caretaker of Las 7 Cabañas where I am staying in El Tabo here on the central Chilean coast. Our purpose was to buy some fresh fish right off of the docks for upcoming meals. The image above shows some of ther activity going on yesterday on the dock that extends out from the main fish market there in San Antonio, with a freighter of South Korean registry in the background.
As I´ve been saying, of late I have largely come to eschew the idea of going out on another long, extended drive into another part of this continent, and now I have come to the decision that even going on some smaller excursions from this rather stable base on the shores of the South Pacific would most likely just be excercising an option that now seems to be an unnecessary use of funds and energy while at the same time departing from a decidedly good thing which I´ve found right here.
So what all that means is that I like it here, and after all, this is supposed to be a vacation and not something meant to be unsettled or stressful. So, I´ve talked to Diego and his wife Luisa about extending my stay at Las 7 Cabañas in El Tabo right up until 15 or 16 January when I am supposed to be bringing my rented 4x4 pickup truck back to Andrés and his company there in Santiago. They are quite happy with having me stick around, as they have come to really enjoy my presence, and have welcomed me into their home as sort of part of their extended family. And their two kids have started to call me "Tio," which is Spanish for uncle.
It is the sort of thing where I´ve come around to understand that there really is no chance, in the scant three weeks I have left to be able to find anything better than what I´ve got right now, and with the heavy tourist season set to begin immediately following New Year´s, I´ve decided it is in my best interests to simply stay put, and enjoy where I am.
Watch for a new post in a day or two about some rather rewarding reading I´ve been doing here in my digs in El Tabo. Until then, I´ll say chao, amigos.