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.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment