About 8 kilometers away from the port of Talcahuano, in the Bio-Bio Region, is the Caleta Tumbes. This traditional fishing outpost hidden in the northern peninsula of Tumbes, which is almost all the territory administered by the Navy of Chile. A few years ago, Tumbes visit was exclusive of the sailors and Residents of the Naval Base. Luckily, these have been gradually dying out remnants of the dictatorship, and today the site is free access. 
A brief review: the area was once inhabited by the Mapuche, until in 1816 he settled a contingent of English families of fishermen, shipbuilders and carpenters from localities of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Santander, San Sebastian). Currently living in Tumbes about 300 families, descendants of these immigrants and dedicated to the business of fishing. Are people friendly and simple.
is reached down a winding and not very well maintained road that winds its way through a wet ravine. Homes Multicolored are simple, mainly wood. Between home and we usually meet purple streets smelling of moss, seafood and wet earth.
As we move away from the street which is the only artery, we see even more simple houses, perched on the coastal rocks, and owned most of the fishermen who rise early to go to the boats to work . Owners of small boats are often other people, with more silver. Quiriquina The island is visible from any point of the cove. We enjoy a small seafood pies at a restaurant where they looked at us strange when we asked if they had any dessert to offer. Breathe deep the air and retired sea where we are. July 2007. 
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