Some time has passed since the last entry and it's pretty much happened. I have a striking 3-day trip to the Norte Chico behind me, the first party was held at Casa Alberto, and it turns up a more and more everyday.
to Norte Chico-trip: Since (as already mentioned in the last entry) Monday, 12th October was a holiday, have Benni, Teo and I, without any good information on how to have this area (an wages "Lonely Planet-image"), a bus ride on the night of Friday to Saturday from Santiago to Vallenar, a sleepy town in the desert , posted. After a Fruehstueckskaffee and with the feeling that was not necessarily Vallenar the place where we spend the next 3 days, we decided to take the bus further south to drive from Vallenar sea. A bus driver assured us to take us to Punta de Chorros. Later we had to find that it probably only the "exit" (= rest area with a gravel road that leads away from the highway) was meant. We were therefore left out in the middle of the desert between cactus, sand, truck drivers and seemingly endless mountains, about 50km from the coast and our destination (and the next civilization). So we had just left, start moving and keep out of any car the thumbs. We were engrossed in a conversation just as long as we are with about 2 liters of water and 3 cans Beer can survive or whether we will freeze to death in the night when the 3rd Car after about 15 minutes we stopped and took up to Punta de Chorros. There, we moved into a cabana for the night and witnessed, such as Chile qualified for the Soccer World Cup in South Africa and in the course of this 400Einwohnerdorf nevertheless compiled a motorcade including the fire truck.
The next day we headed on foot towards the highway. After an impressive 3-hour hike from the Pacific to the One, eternal desert landscape on the other, and wild donkeys and llamas running around we came over several experiments in the Tramp about 100km away, La Serena, we find in the hostel some of the other volunteers met. The next day we drove back to Santiago at noon.
Yesterday was, as already mentioned, the first Casa Alberto party at our responsibility, was prompted by Jette 23ster 20ster and Sarah's birthday. A funny encounter between the German and the Chilean way to celebrate that lasted until sunrise.
general, I'm here now arrived in one day, my English is getting better with every word, Tias every day fun and the daily routine always routine.
Greetings from Santiago, where you can now walk around at night in shorts and T-shirt and eating strawberries for breakfast.
Jonas
