Puerto Montt on the horizon
We´re in Santiago, and i'm sitting in a retrofitted spanish mansion in Barrio Brasil that is now an excellent hostel, albeit one for backpackers and partiers and most of the people speak some form of english. It's under construction a bit (but nothing like the internet cafe I slept in in Amsterdam, Tarek, George... you _might_ remember that). It's quite an amazing place actually with 16 foot ceilings and all the original trim and detiling. the doors are all tall double doors with windows at the top and every door and window has shutters over the glass. There are two inner courtyards and they are filled with white plastic porch furniture and recovering tourists. It's quite a contrast, but beautiful none the less.
Jojo and I leave in about an hour for Puerto Montt on an overnight bus. It was all we could find to fit our schedule and budget. Pretty cheap actually, considering. We should wake up in Puerto Montt sometime tomorrow morning early and so will begin our adventure with Deborah and Rolf. My plan is to get off the bus and onto another local bus to the marina right away. If all goes well we might be sailing by the 21st and then... who knows what?
I'm so excited to begin this sailing adventure that this last bus ride seems like it will be even longer than the previous 26 hour ride despite it being half that length.
Oh well, anticipation is always one of the strongest and most confuddling emotions. It warps time and importance and quickens the pulse. Our health is fine and our emotions high. Santiago has been an excellent experience overall and we have slept well, ate well, and expolore much of Santiago on foot. Last night we walked a couple of miles across town to meet some people we had met the night before. We didn{t meet them, and after waiting 45 min we decided we might be in the wrong spot, so we crossed a big busy street full of high speed busses and to our suprise found some capoeira!!!! It was a group called Sur de Bahia or something and they were quite good and very friendly. I was about to jump in after watching for about 20 minutes and making sure it was "my kind" of capoeira when the roda ended and they commenced with samba de roda, more of a dance, and the leader, a Professor de Capoeira, was hilarous and awesome to watch dance.
Well, i've got to get going and catch a bus, so it's goodbye for now. We might get a chance to write one last time but there's no guarentees in South America. Only Best Wishes!
Eli
Jojo and I leave in about an hour for Puerto Montt on an overnight bus. It was all we could find to fit our schedule and budget. Pretty cheap actually, considering. We should wake up in Puerto Montt sometime tomorrow morning early and so will begin our adventure with Deborah and Rolf. My plan is to get off the bus and onto another local bus to the marina right away. If all goes well we might be sailing by the 21st and then... who knows what?
I'm so excited to begin this sailing adventure that this last bus ride seems like it will be even longer than the previous 26 hour ride despite it being half that length.
Oh well, anticipation is always one of the strongest and most confuddling emotions. It warps time and importance and quickens the pulse. Our health is fine and our emotions high. Santiago has been an excellent experience overall and we have slept well, ate well, and expolore much of Santiago on foot. Last night we walked a couple of miles across town to meet some people we had met the night before. We didn{t meet them, and after waiting 45 min we decided we might be in the wrong spot, so we crossed a big busy street full of high speed busses and to our suprise found some capoeira!!!! It was a group called Sur de Bahia or something and they were quite good and very friendly. I was about to jump in after watching for about 20 minutes and making sure it was "my kind" of capoeira when the roda ended and they commenced with samba de roda, more of a dance, and the leader, a Professor de Capoeira, was hilarous and awesome to watch dance.
Well, i've got to get going and catch a bus, so it's goodbye for now. We might get a chance to write one last time but there's no guarentees in South America. Only Best Wishes!
Eli
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