Every trip requires an escape to a beach town. We arrive at 6:30am after the overnight bus ride. No one answers the door at the hostel until our taxi driver knocks loudly for a few minutes. A sleepy but nice woman comes the door and invites us in and says it will be a while before a room is ready for us. She makes us instant cofee and chats with us for an hour, telling us about avocados and the earthquake of 2010. After a long nap, we go out to explore the town and walk through a eucalyptus grove to the beach. Aside from a lot of beach, La Serena also has an archaeological museum that houses one of the Easter Island statues.
Deciding not to endure the Seattle winter this year, I've gone to the southern hemisphere for six months. First a month of travel in Bolivia and north and central Chile, then on to southern Chile for my internship with the Chol Chol Foundation in Temuco. Fundacion Chol Chol is a fair trade organization that promotes the artisan work of Mapuche weavers.
Monday, December 19, 2011
la serena
Every trip requires an escape to a beach town. We arrive at 6:30am after the overnight bus ride. No one answers the door at the hostel until our taxi driver knocks loudly for a few minutes. A sleepy but nice woman comes the door and invites us in and says it will be a while before a room is ready for us. She makes us instant cofee and chats with us for an hour, telling us about avocados and the earthquake of 2010. After a long nap, we go out to explore the town and walk through a eucalyptus grove to the beach. Aside from a lot of beach, La Serena also has an archaeological museum that houses one of the Easter Island statues.
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