I'm at my parents house right now, 8 days before leaving for Chile. I sent mi mama off to Chile yesterday and my Pops is driving me back down to NC in an hour. We'll have a good 5 hour long drive to say our goodbye's until I see him at the big New Year's party in Valparaiso.
8 days is not very far... It's hard to believe that this trip, which has been nothing but an idea for so long, has finally become a physical reality. I'm both nervous and excited as you can imagine. I'm nervous about the cultural shock and the reality of how damn American I am in the face of my Chilean family ...excited to see the ways Chilean culture is familiar. I'm nervous about being a host for Micah in a country that I barely know ...excited to get to know my mother's country better and share that with Mic. I'm nervous about feeling social anxiety around my family (where's the wine, please!) that I haven't seen in sooo long ...excited to drink wine! and of course to see my cousins who I haven't seen in so long and to meet Elisa, the newest member of our family! I'm nervous that I won't understand a damn word anyone says ...and excited to finally learn Chilean! I'm excited to have everything I need on my back and nothing more. The necessity for simplicity and resourcefulness is one of the things I appreciate the most about traveling. That and the freedom to be spontaneous and open. I've got so many great things going on in my NC life that there's not much room for spontaneity nor openness cuz I'm trying to get things done with a very clear objective! The idea of following the river of possibilities and letting it take it's path without my objectives getting in the way is gonna be an amazing change.
Hopefully this blog will serve as a way for mic and I to share with y'all how our river is flowing and also, a way for us to be accountable to our experiences. I don't want to live in some kind of vacuum for 6 months. So we're on a mission. I have a personal mission obviously but we're also on a mission to share with you the experiences we're having while y'all are working hard back home. So let's sit and drink some virtual coffee together and share our stories!
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5. The teens working at the mall in trendy white outfits selling phones or something. We couldn't exactly figure out what they were selling.
4. The kid who washed our window at an intersection decked out in marijuana regalia.
3. The people who you pay when parking on the street. They wear vests and safari hats in La Serena.
2. School uniforms: the athletic wear and the formal "catholic" wear.
1. The folks on the side of the panamerican highway selling a specific kind of sweet and dressed in all white shaking a white pompom made from plastic bags.
24 October
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UPDATED ITENERARY for 2008 !!
26/12/07: we will be chillin at the beach side resort
01/01/08: welcome Gigi's parents to Chile!
03/01/08: head south with the parents for a 2 week trip, starting with Pucon then heading to Chiloe and then to Bariloche
14/01/08: Say goodbye to the parents and start our hiking!
15/01/08: hike the Nahuel Huapi Traverse
22/01/08: fly to El Calafate, Argentina
25/01/08: hike the Monte Fitz Roy in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
01/02/08: hike the "W" in Torres del Paine
08/02/08: take a 3 day ferry trip from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt and visit all the Patagonian archipelagos and the biggest glacier in the Americas
13/02/08: volunteer for a week at a WWOOFing farm near Puerto Montt
21/02/08: hike the Termas de Callao in Parque Nacional Vicente Perez Rosales & celebrate Gigi's birth with some remote hot springs!!
25/02/08: volunteer for a week at a WWOFing farm near Puerto Montt
03/03/08: free week
10/03/08: volunteer at the Kucera Family's WWOOFing Farm near Concepcion
17/03/08: head back north to Santiago to say our farewells
01/01/08: welcome Gigi's parents to Chile!
03/01/08: head south with the parents for a 2 week trip, starting with Pucon then heading to Chiloe and then to Bariloche
14/01/08: Say goodbye to the parents and start our hiking!
15/01/08: hike the Nahuel Huapi Traverse
22/01/08: fly to El Calafate, Argentina
25/01/08: hike the Monte Fitz Roy in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
01/02/08: hike the "W" in Torres del Paine
08/02/08: take a 3 day ferry trip from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt and visit all the Patagonian archipelagos and the biggest glacier in the Americas
13/02/08: volunteer for a week at a WWOOFing farm near Puerto Montt
21/02/08: hike the Termas de Callao in Parque Nacional Vicente Perez Rosales & celebrate Gigi's birth with some remote hot springs!!
25/02/08: volunteer for a week at a WWOFing farm near Puerto Montt
03/03/08: free week
10/03/08: volunteer at the Kucera Family's WWOOFing Farm near Concepcion
17/03/08: head back north to Santiago to say our farewells
TOP 10 LIST: FAVE BEACH SIGHTS
10. horses
9. paddle ball
8. soccer games
7. huge dead jellyfish
6. big ole slow pelicans
5. sunsets every night
4. happy dirty babies splashing in big holes of water
3. teenagers slinging sand like they're having a snowball fight
2. seals & sea lions!!
1. people digging for machas with their feet at sunset
01 March 2007
10. horses
9. paddle ball
8. soccer games
7. huge dead jellyfish
6. big ole slow pelicans
5. sunsets every night
4. happy dirty babies splashing in big holes of water
3. teenagers slinging sand like they're having a snowball fight
2. seals & sea lions!!
1. people digging for machas with their feet at sunset
01 March 2007
TOP 10 LIST: UNIFORMS
10. The apron vest worn by newspaper street sellers.
9. The aprons worn by waiters that are so wide they crossover in the back
8. The company fleece's.
7. The coveralls worn by construction workers on the road and trash pickerupers. They have reflective stripes on them.6. The varied aprons bought at the grocery store worn by nana's.
10. The apron vest worn by newspaper street sellers.
9. The aprons worn by waiters that are so wide they crossover in the back
8. The company fleece's.
7. The coveralls worn by construction workers on the road and trash pickerupers. They have reflective stripes on them.6. The varied aprons bought at the grocery store worn by nana's.
5. The teens working at the mall in trendy white outfits selling phones or something. We couldn't exactly figure out what they were selling.
4. The kid who washed our window at an intersection decked out in marijuana regalia.
3. The people who you pay when parking on the street. They wear vests and safari hats in La Serena.
2. School uniforms: the athletic wear and the formal "catholic" wear.
1. The folks on the side of the panamerican highway selling a specific kind of sweet and dressed in all white shaking a white pompom made from plastic bags.
24 October
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