Giving Thanks

We had a pretty routine Thanksgiving here in Pucon. Kayaking and grub! We went and scouted a nice looking 20 meter drop yesterday and liked the way it looked so we came back and gave her.

Chris said I could go first if I really wanted, so I did!

Lovin life on Tres Saltos

The drop felt smooth and fluffy, but my boat felt different!

Its weird, I didn't feel any hard impact or anything like my boat hitting rock. Oh well! New boat no more!

The broken paddle and bruised boat didn't dissuade Chris. He was pumped to be in such an awesome place and couldn't let this one go by!

Chris melting it.

Chris had a great run, not breaking his paddle OR denting his boat. I'm jealous to say the least. Hope everyone had a good time giving thanks, we did!

-Jon

I know I said I would be kayaking, but......

After a long journey, Chris and I are finally in Pucon! It took about 4 or 5 solid days of searching to find our vehicle, but we did it! BEHOLD! LA BLANCO HEMBRA!

 

Although we are super stoked to be in Pucon, we did have a blast in Santiago. Here are some more pics of it!

This is a cool fountain we stumbled upon in a random park when we were looking for a cell phone.

 

Poolside 6:30 at La Casa Roja. Y'all loving winter in Cali?

 

This is a pic of Tres Salto, the waterfall we went and scouted today. If flows stay the same you might see some pics of me going down it tomorrow!

Excited to be driving!

Jon Driving from Jonathan Hyland on Vimeo.

Well, that's pretty much it for now folks. I had a wicked case of food poisoning last night so hopefully ill be in shape to go boating tomorrow!

Chile! Finally!

  We have finally arrived in Chile! After an extremely strenuous journey in which I saw Chris almost fight 2 American Airlines Managers, we have arrived! We had a few minor setbacks. We were unable to get our boats on the plane, no matter how adamant we were about them being surf boards. Luckily we were able to get in contact with Ian Garcia at riverslakesoceans.com and it sounds like we're back in business!
  With the Mission of buying a car and obtaining an RUT number and cell phone we have been posted up in Santiago. After we arrived in Chile and spending an intense day around Santiago, we decided it was time to get down to business!

Ill post another update once we actually start kayaking!
-Jon