That same evening (Dec. 31) we caught an afternoon bus and headed off to Chonchi, our southern most destination on the island. And it was here that we decided to ring in the New Year. We are staying in Esmerelda´s By the Sea, a hostal owned by a Canadian expat. The location is fantastic, and the price reasonable. And, we have a room with an ocean view.
The town is small and quiet, and it has been a nice place to relax. We decided to go all out for New Years, and made ourselves a delectible meal. HOT DOGS. Now, if that is not redneck enough for you, we roasted them over the gas flame on the stove in the common kitchen, and ate them in slices of white bread and washed it down with a litre of beer drank straight from the bottle. Now, that is class!!
The New Year was rung in here with one or two fire crackers going off, and a lot of the ship captains blaring their fog horns, hours after midnight.
Today has been a lazy day, filled with relaxing, reading, and midday strolls through the town. We know that we are on the coast as the day has been divided into torrential downpours followed by blistering sun. All in all, it has been a great way to start 2007.
In the coming days we hope to catch a ferry to the mainland.. but given that there have been reportedly a few ¨acts of god¨with the ferries lately, it is always hard to tell if they will be running on time. We are trying to head to a remote part of Chile, connected by the dirt and partially paved highway called the Carretera Austral. Busing, we hear, can be erradic, so just a heads up that the blogs may also be sparse in the coming weeks, especially as we hit the south and some of our trekking locations.
Happy New Year to all, and on another Happy note, we would like to wish Davida Hobbis and Shawn Wood a very happy engagement. Congratulations!
2 comments:
Awww...thanks guys...your new years sounds great...and the meal actually looks good...especially the guacamole!! But you should have shaved chris...geez!!! =)~
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