We had a great time camping and then blew through Santiago. Saw some of the major sights, but it was HOT and we were tired, so we decided to take a train through the wine region to Chillàn, a nice sized city with a great market scene. We are staying here a few days to rest, and then moving on toward the lake district, where there are sure to be more hiking and camping opportunities.
The market here is really great - tons of frest fruits and vegetables, a meat market that doesn´t smell bad (that is something around here) and of course lots of artisan/touristy stuff. We have refrained from buying any souveneirs, mainly because we don't want to carry them.
And, South American politics seems to follow us wherever we go. This Sunday, Chileans are voting for president (a run-off election), and it seems they are most likely going to elect their first female president. Posters, signs, and marchers with flags are everywhere. Should be interesting.
Well, I wanted to write more, but I'm almost out of time on the Internet. The real reason for going online today was to put more pictures up. I haven´t had enough time to edit them (or even really look at them,) so you´lll have to look sideways at some. The link to them should be on the left side of this page (or sometimes, for some reason, you need to scroll down to the bottom of the page) under "LINKS"
Until next time....
Great shots... especially the camping shot... some good and not so good news. Not so good news is Sage is now in heaven (renal failure). :-(, I miss him... the great news is Tara's gone into labor so, please god, we'll have Eleanor with us in the next couple of days... Keep up the writing, had a party tonight for the FITIAN folk, was very nice to see them... but I'm SO happy with my new job, can't even begin to describe it!
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