Don Quixote: The crazy knight of La Mancha

I have never read the novels of famous writer Miguel de Cervantes, but since I was a child I knew the adventures of Don Quixote and his faithful friend Sancho.

When I was seven years the channel tv UCV, broadcast a cartoon called Don Quixote and the stories of La Mancha. I watched this program every day in the afternoon. I sat on the carpet in the living of my house and I turned on the TV.

This cartoon was very funny, because Don Quixote was clumsy and crazy.He believed was a hero and he always imagined adventures, but all things were illusions of his mind.

Don Quixote always was looking for his beloved Dulcinea. She was a young and beautiful girl. Dulciena didn`t want Don Quixote and when she needed help she calling him.

Where to go?

I have lived 20 years in Maipú and I don´t know many places for visit. Really I think that I`m not the best touristic guide, because I am the most of time in my house and when I go to place I never know where I am. I have ask the people in the street like arrive to destination.

However, I have visited some town and my favorite is Quintero. In this place my gradmother live and every summer I go to her house. Quintero is in the Valparaiso region and It has different turistic parts. For example, you can go to Ritoque and know the dunes. Ritoque is a seaside resort where many famous people have houses.

If you have money you can travel in a motorboat or ride a horse. But, if you can´t spend a lot of money by only eight hundred pesos you can eat a delicious shellfish or cheese pie. I don´t leave Quintero without eat fish stock.

In Quintero, also the touristic can dive and visited the submerged Cristo. The religious sculpture is a 12 meters deep and It have almost five meters of high. Every year the people travel in motorboat for pray.

Quintero is a small town and the night isn`t agitated, this place have little discos o pub. The best option is enjoy with friends in the beach near of bonfire. For reason if you want to have fun and visit nice places see Quintero.