WOW how time flies when you´re on the road. First, I need to say that I´m a little tipsy in preperation for the continent´s biggest New Year´s party, in Valparaiso, Chile. Seriously, huge. The town has like, 200,000 residents normally but for the New Year the number of people in the city breaks one million easily.
So just to describe my surroundings right now, I´m on a computer that is blasting some Brazillian Samba tune to a group of steadily more and more drunk hosteling strangers ages 16 to at least 60. Mom is in the other room cooking pasta and tomato sause with a Brazillian lawyer we met last night named Simone and everyone is in the highest of spirits dancing and drinking and talking about where we´re going to go sit and watch the fireworks at midnight and shake and spray our two dollar bottles of champagne. I think with one more pisco sour Mom may even admit to be enjoying the hostel life. Quite the 180 from Plaza el Bosque in the business district of Santiago we enjoyed last week with the grandparents though. But I think I prefer the chaotic, multilingual craziness of the hostels. Anyway, Valpo on New Years. Put it on your bucket list.
Patagonia three weeks ago was incredible, indescribable, breathtaking, WINDY. My friend Jac and I backpaked through Naional Park Torres del Paine for five nights and had the time of our lives. HUGE glaciers, the most beautiful vistas (I live for a good vista) and the clearest, coldest, wildest lakes I have ever seen. Fun fact about the park: no need to carry water on you because EVERY RUNNING WATER SOURCE IS POTABLE. Not only is every stream potable but it is the tastiest, purest water I have ever had. To conclude, I URGE you to go to Patagonia, it is an amazing place, truly unlike anything else I´ve seen. I love Oregon, Washington, the Rockies, Montana, but Patagoinia was just unspeakably beautiful. Also, we met a whole bunch of Israelis, interestingly enough. Oh and afterwards we saw Penguins. They were great.
So. Seeing Mom and my grandparents has been so wonderful, I miss the northwest a lot.
LOVE from the Southern Hemisphere, I wish everyone reading this and not the happiest 2011!
much love,
erin
Friday, December 31, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
The Plan
Hello People!
Big news: I am officially on summer break in five days, Tuesday is my last day of classes! As many of you may know, I won't be returning to the US until July and here is the plan for the summer until I come back to Valdivia for another semester at UACH.
Dec. 8-17
My friend Jaqueline and I will be hikin the W trail in Torres del Paine in Patagonia, Chile. Could not be more excited, you should google image search it. The trail itself takes 4-5 nights and we'll be spending a few days in Punta Arenas (a tiny city on the Straight of Magellan) to see some penguins afterwards.
Dec. 19-Jan. 2
Meeting Mom and Nana and Papa in Buenos Aires, Argentina where we will have two weeks to get over to Santiago, sampling South America's best wine and steak the whole way, if I know my grandparents. I am beyond excited to see my family. I have missed everyone so much! I think the plan is to me on the move on Christmas but Mom and I will be in the city of Valpairaiso for New Years, it has the best fireworks in Chile.
Jan. 4-Jan 10
I'll be meeting Jaqueline (Jac) again in Santiago and the two of us will make our way up to Peru, lingering for a few nights in the driest desert in the world, the Atacama.
Jan 10 - Feb
Jac and I will meet our other friends Rob and Eitan in Cuzco, Peru where we'll hike up to Macchu Piccu, see what we can see in the Sacred Valley and then head over to La Paz, Bolivia via Lake Titicaca and the great salt flats of Bolivia.
First of Feb - First of March
I will be drinking mate and working for room and board at an organic winery in Mendoza, Argentina. Here's their website: http://www.fincalarosendo.com.ar/
OR I could be working for room and board at this organic vegetable farm in Cordoba, Argentina. I haven't decided yet! Here is their website: http://shamballapermaculture.com/
I really can't wait! So I won't have an address for awhile and limited access to a computer, but if you email me your addy, I'll certainly send you a postcard!
Love you all and hope everything is well stateside.
erin
Big news: I am officially on summer break in five days, Tuesday is my last day of classes! As many of you may know, I won't be returning to the US until July and here is the plan for the summer until I come back to Valdivia for another semester at UACH.
Dec. 8-17
My friend Jaqueline and I will be hikin the W trail in Torres del Paine in Patagonia, Chile. Could not be more excited, you should google image search it. The trail itself takes 4-5 nights and we'll be spending a few days in Punta Arenas (a tiny city on the Straight of Magellan) to see some penguins afterwards.
Dec. 19-Jan. 2
Meeting Mom and Nana and Papa in Buenos Aires, Argentina where we will have two weeks to get over to Santiago, sampling South America's best wine and steak the whole way, if I know my grandparents. I am beyond excited to see my family. I have missed everyone so much! I think the plan is to me on the move on Christmas but Mom and I will be in the city of Valpairaiso for New Years, it has the best fireworks in Chile.
Jan. 4-Jan 10
I'll be meeting Jaqueline (Jac) again in Santiago and the two of us will make our way up to Peru, lingering for a few nights in the driest desert in the world, the Atacama.
Jan 10 - Feb
Jac and I will meet our other friends Rob and Eitan in Cuzco, Peru where we'll hike up to Macchu Piccu, see what we can see in the Sacred Valley and then head over to La Paz, Bolivia via Lake Titicaca and the great salt flats of Bolivia.
First of Feb - First of March
I will be drinking mate and working for room and board at an organic winery in Mendoza, Argentina. Here's their website: http://www.fincalarosendo.com.ar/
OR I could be working for room and board at this organic vegetable farm in Cordoba, Argentina. I haven't decided yet! Here is their website: http://shamballapermaculture.com/
I really can't wait! So I won't have an address for awhile and limited access to a computer, but if you email me your addy, I'll certainly send you a postcard!
Love you all and hope everything is well stateside.
erin
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