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| Hi all! I am back in Chile again, in the lake district, there´s loads of adventure things to do around here and I cant wait to get started, it´s cold here, fresh and invigorating, really nice. pretty cloudy but it all adds to the experience eh? got to look on the bright side! It´s a little annoying because I still feel like I´m kind of tied to BsAs becuase I know I have to head there before I can get anywhere else as I need to get my stuff, say goodbye to chief for good and get out there alone. I am aiming to be in Bolivia in about a months time but there is just so much to do here, so much I didnt expect to want to see, and the fact that argentina now is so much cheaper for me opens up so many more places and opportunities for me when I get back there. I just spent a few days on the island of Chiloe which was so laid back and lovely, it is kind of seen by the chileans as the arse of shile and chilote is synonimous with their description of country bumpkin. They live a simple life, they are poorer than the rest of the country and they work hard for what they have. But its a lovely charming place. The only thing is I bgan doubting my language abilities, I´m sure that when I was asking them if the price of hospedaje included hot showers, agua caliente, they misheard or I said it wrong and they actually thought I was saying 'please make sure that when i get into he shower that any hot water anywhere is turned right off never to be turned on again, at least in my presence, infact make it freeeeeezing cold, so much so that I cant even hold my hands under the tap to wash them' So back on the mainland I have just had the most needed shower ever! Anyway...back to chiloe...The fishermen live in little houses called palifitos, brightly coloured houses on stilts over the estuary. I spent 2 days in Ancud the largest town (23,000 people) where me,the two canadians I am still with and the aussie guy all got offered jobs in hospedajes for a few months, a great opportunity to help with my spanish and really get to know the place but I am too keen to get to Bolivia right now, they said they will still have places in two months though so we´ll see. After Ancud I went to Castro, the capital and a really pretty little town witha purple and ornage church in the plaza. From there we all went to Cucao just near the national park and stayed there overnight, at first I wasnt sure how the park would be as there was no information anywhere on it, no maps, no tourist office, nothing and the only picture I could find about it showed a fushia... fascinating! Anyway, I went to the national park there and after reading about all their legends and myths that they really still believe and live by, it was fantastic. there was a trail that led through this forest of these special types of trees that were really low and survive in semidarkness (heightened by the fact that I was there at about 5pm) The floor was laid out with twisty tree roots and fallen logs which led me on a trail through their depths. there were loads and loads of little hidey holes that could have been hiding gnomes and trolls, huge spider webs sparkling with raindrops that would have made really cool trampolines for the pixies and windey gnarley old trunks and low hanging branches that made even me feel really tall, a giant in a fairy tale world! Strange bird calls added to the expereience and when we suddenly opened out into a swampy marshland with tall willowy sparsly decorated trees it was a total surprise! We headed off on another trail which led us to the beach. Jaymie (one of the candians and Martin, the pervy little aussie went one way directly through the marsh adn Logan and I walked the long way around to stay dry....he managed it, on a long jump over a patch of water he made it easily looking back at the last minute when he realised i probably wouldnt make it. He turned just in time to see me leap, land and my landing foot slide out from under me sending me skidding forward flat on my back soaking my brand new handknitted dead cool chilean jumper and everything else! Typical, we had a good laugh and waded on through the bog till we reached the huge sanddunes and when we climbed those it was all worth it. We just went flying down the dunes towards the waves, the beach was deserted adn the sand was volcanic and black and went on forever. it was awesome being there just at sunset but we had to leave before it got too dark and we wouldnt be able to fiund the trail home! Today we left and I am now in puerto varas where there is an abundance of lakes volcanoes and mountains. On the way here the sky cleared just enough to show a snowy volcanic lip between thick layers of cloud. I´m finding it hard to control myself with the camera but I think i might have killed it yesteday with the sand and the sludge! Oh yeah, nearly forgot, In chiloe they have these really cool wollen hats called Gorros, some are just like regular hats and then there are these other ones, like elf hats, or man in the moon hats that hang down on side of your face...well, I saw these and I just ahd to have one, so now I am the proud owner of an 'elf' gorro! Anyway, keep smiling all tons of love to you all hugs and all that emma _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com/ |
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