Ritoque beach

Ritoque is located north of Santiago, around 20 km north of Aconcagua River, near Quintero port. It is a beatifull and long beach, or three kilometers long.
This place is very special for me, because all my life I spend my holidays there, with my parents and grandparents. I stood there every summer, from Christmas until the firs week of march.
 In this area  you can see a diversity of sea and landscape:  1) a forest of eucalyptus and pines, 2) a swiming pool with duck, 3) a big dune zone, 4) a rocky area, 5) a long beach with white sand, 6) the passing of the freight train, 6) the countryside  and 7) the hill zone.

I love to walk along the beach or over  the hill, looking the sea untill I arrive to the rocky area. All the area was full of archaeological sites, with a lot of pottery and stone material in the surface. I love to see this aboriginal materials and to I dream how was the their life. Was in that period that I decided to study archaeology. Now, after 20 years I´m studying archaeology  and I always remember those Ritoque days.
The evangelic had there a beatifull camp and I went every night there to study bible and to play with them.  I enjoyed very much to be there and until today I have a lot of friends of this period.
Also, I liked to see the train crossing Ritoque and, I remember that in one time I travelled in the train until Mantagua. Was an incredible experience that I always remember.