San Felipe

Last weekend we ended up driving through San Felipe because the road we wanted to take was closed.  Here are a couple of fun pictures we took in San Felipe.

Check out the axle on the wagon.

We've been told that you can still see horse-drawn wagons in the outskirts of Santiago.  We haven't seen that yet, but they certainly have them in San Felipe.  Driving through the country side we have seen farmers plowing with horses, next to a field being plowed by a tractor.  We haven't been able to get a picture yet, but we're still trying.

Our detour led us to a small town near La Ligua.  In Chile you don't go to a mall and get all your shopping done at once.  If you want shoes you go to the street lined with shops that sell shoes.  If you want fabric, you go to the street of fabric shops. If you want car parts, the same thing.  Here is a picture of a street of sweaters.

We came to this man's shop, he said he had woven everything in the shop.  When I went up close to see how he was working his loom, he posed me at the loom.