Chile La Serena 拉塞雷纳智利 – 4/2017 (18)

14-15/4/2019. I took another night bus, proceeding southward along the Chile Pacific coast. After 10 hours, I arrived at La Serena.

I hired a bicycle for the day for USD 10. This beach was wider than the beaches I had visited in the past weeks. This beach was also truly long. After riding for a few hours, I felt I was almost at the South Pole. A multitude of seagulls congregated on the beach, snacking, chatting noisily, really having a jolly good time partying. Not far away, numerous birds plunged from mid-air into the water to snatch the fish. This beach was more natural where man do their thing while the animals, theirs.

In many Latin American cities, including La Serena, street performances liked to pick the traffic junctions to capture their audiences. Sometimes a few groups were seen simultaneously showing off their performances in just one junction, making the crossroads a spectacle. I have seen ball juggling, knives juggling, street dancing, rapping, clowning, dancing, like a variety show. Those with no such talent will just have to be contented with cleaning car windscreens. Maybe that also requires talent; I don’t know.

14-15/4/2019 – 我又坐上夜巴，沿智利的太平洋海岸南下，十小时后凌晨抵达拉塞雷纳（La Serena)。

花十美金租了辆自行车，骑呀骑呀骑了好几小时，这海滩怎么就没完没了，又宽又长，感觉像快到南极了。数百海鸥在滩上八卦，小吃，打情骂俏，像在开派对，非常热闹。离岸不远的上空，海鸟集体从半空垂直冲刺海面下鱼群。这海滩自然又纯真。

在拉美多个城市，包括拉塞雷纳，街边卖艺都喜欢集中在红绿灯路口各显神通，大放异彩；有时一个十字路口几帮人同时上演看家本领。有耍球的，玩刀的，跳街舞的，说唱的，扮小丑的，跳舞的(见这屏)，没本领的就低声下气给停着的车洗刷挡风镜。