The Annual New York Times Latin America Travel Section

Last weekend the New York Times published its annual issue featuring Latin American getaways. It includes stories on Managua, Nicaragua; Bogotá, Colombia; food destinations in Mexico City—not in Latin America, I know!—and Buenos Aires; and more. Most relevant to readers of this site, however, is an article on Chile’s surf coast. From that last story:

About an hour west from Santa Cruz, which is generally considered the epicenter of Chile’s wine production, Pichilemu is a small but sprawling beach town fronting a seemingly never-ending series of sandy coves and rocky headlands, all backed by miles of pine forest. It is also, I soon learned, a surf magnet. Huge, long, rolling waves break here, attracting surfers from all over the country; the town of Punta de Lobos, about five miles to the south, has become the site of an international surf competition each June.

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