Another interesting weekend.
In summary:
Miss first class. Local history lesson included in cab fare. Flight to Santiago. Bus to Viña del Mar. Beautiful coast. Crashing waves. Nice place to stay. Lots of seafood. Swimming pool failure. Private bus to hinterlands valley. Dry mountains. Big sky. Short hike. Cold bath. Wool weaving. Barrage photography. Horsemanship learning. Spurs jingling like windchimes. Camp making. Soap making. Meat grilling. Meat eating. Sleeping bag under the stars sleeping. Frozen sleeping bag waking up. Horse riding uphill. Lunch eating. Horse riding downhill. More busing. Swimming pool failure again. Sauna failure. Horse soreness. Like like like... Inappropriate, irrepressible laughter. More seafood eating. Deep sleep sleeping. Farewell breakfast of last sight seeing. Dune climbing. Dune running. Dune falling and tumbling. Short bus to port. Stairs to cerro. More stairs. Alley exploring. Mural documenting. Onward and upward and ever more quaint and Thieves! Knives! Backpack surrendering. Farewell camera. Farewell passport. Farewell raincoat, dictionary and lunch. Phone call making. Police station finding. Report filing. Last minute bus ticket changing. What a relief to make the bus. Long bus ride. Two hours of Hollywood's lasting shame. Repeat. Made bearable by the best of company. Small seat. Long night. Arriving in Valdivia by full moon light. Taxi riding. Sneaking upstairs with a full trekking pack. Two hours of glorious, dream-filled sleep. Back to class.
Sorry: no new pictures (please see above), but here are some older ones.
Valdivia
Niebla
Reserva Costera Valdiviana (photo by Jessie)
Cosquillas
Solitude
Other than the "Thieves! Knives!" part, this is fantastic. Also, I just cracked up at the blog title. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you. My only real motive for writing this way was that I started late at night and didn't have time for a full entry. I was planning on fleshing it out, but now I think i'll leave it as is.
ReplyDeleteWith respect to the blog title, I can't think of any other reason anyone would want to read this.
Also, for a more factual account of the weekend, I encourage you to read Jessie's blog. http://jessieinvaldivia.blogspot.com/2011/10/costa-brava-cabalgata-and-ladrones.html
ReplyDeleteDo you actually go to school? Or are you just spending several months bumming around and exploring? Because I keep looking at your photos and becoming insanely jealous. Ohio is too flat and landlocked. I need out stat.
ReplyDeleteI am going to classes (although the university is still technically on strike and I have to sneak in the back on Thursdays to avoid protestors fighting with the police), and I'm doing plenty of homework. The photographs I post count with a certain selection bias. That is to say, I take a lot more pictures while traveling than, for example, while in history class.
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