The story opens in June, 1969 in the little village of Isla Negra, off the coast of Chile.
Los Blops formed in Chile in 1970 when Eduardo Gatti (vocals and guitars), Julio Villalobos (guitars), Pedro Greene (drums), Andres Orrego (keyboards) and Juan Pablo Orrego (bass) performed covers (Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, Cream, Kinks) in a local club in Isla Negra, with additional changes in the band with the addition of members Sergio Bezard (drums) and Juan Contreras (flute and keyboards).
Isla Margarita | Isla de la Juventud | Punta Negra | Serra Negra | Mano Negra | Loma Negra | Isla Verde | Isla Mayor | Isla Fisher | Spanish cruiser Isla de Cuba | Isla, Veracruz | Isla Negra | Isla de Ratones | Isla de Maipo | ''Isla de Cuba'' | Isla | Camarón de la Isla | Punta Negra, Uruguay | La Musica Negra | Isla Vista, California | Isla Canela | USS ''Isla de Cuba'' | Toña la Negra | Sierra Negra | River Isla, Moray | Pablo Isla | Memoria negra | La Negra | La Isla Bonita | Isla Vista, California (Santa Barbara County) |
In 1950, Cerio invited Chilean author Pablo Neruda to stay at one of his villas - a sojourn that was later part-fictionalised in the film Il Postino (1994), although the action of the film was based on the novel Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta which deals with a later period of Neruda's life (when the poet was living at Isla Negra, in Chile).