We're Missing the Chile #5

Personal musings:
Pestilence continues unabated (although it isn't impacting the quality of life too much)
The peanut butter is gone! Noooo!
The inefficient way of purchasing goods in the store in Rancagua is probably to keep people from shoplifting.
The flowers here are crazy and everywhere! (Here's a website for Moms. Let's all learn about Chilean native plants! Huzzah!)

New toys:
A spanky new cellular. It's with Entel but it's pay as you go (that's what everyone has in Chile).

New drinkies:
Melon con vino - basically a hollow honeydew with wine, sugar, and melon chunks. Mix and pass around. This video uses a cantaloupe. Recipes vary. (CP note: Also a Chilean punk band. I kinda like them even if I don't know what they're saying, they have a few downloadable songs on PureVolume).

Travel log: Valparaíso
Went on a boat ride. It was a blue and white boat, just picked the one that the sales guy didn't look whacked out.
Saw war ships in the harbour
Saw seals
Beach was pretty but cold (chilly if you will)
Bought a T-shirt that says "fin del mundo". Did you know that the most southern point of Chile is only 20 minutes from Antarctica?



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Travel log: Viña del Mar
Got hit on by a bus driver while walking with a new buddy. Was probably a good thing he was looking at the tall gringas because at least that means he saw them and wouldn't run them over. They'd be the only things he wouldn't run over.
CP note: Did you know that Viña was the birth place of Alberto Hurtado (a Catholic saint)? It's true! Also, Tom Araya (from Slayer).

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