Hola Maria
As you know from past posts I shuffled my trip around to meet Maria, a friend from Cardiff, in Chile.
I only just managed to get to Santiago, Chile having messed up my dates from New Zealand missing my flight by a day. It was only by the grace of the gods and by flirting with a 60 yr old Kiwi woman did I manage to get on the next flight.
So there I was, Chile. I was peeing it down and I was soon to realise that a little more attention to the Spanish books may have paid off. I never spoke any Asian languages but it seemed that in Asia the waving of my hands was more easily understood. Still, I made it to the first hostel which was fun as it didn't have a sign outside and I hadn´t noted down the number of the street it was on!
I was in South America and it felt unusually exciting to be out of my depth again after Oz and NZ.
Next was my trip up to see Maria. She was a star and actually had arranged to meet me much further south than originally planned. I had a minor detour on the way but finally met her in La Serana in Chile before we headed up to see some geysers and deserts.
It was really nice seeing a familiar face after so long. Traveling on your own has its ups and downs and it´s nice to be able to catch up on stories from home and chew the fat with someone you don't have to ask the standard backpacker questions to.
I travelled with Maria for about a month and during that time saw some of the most fantastic scenery to date and had some of the biggest laughs of the trip so far. It was great to have a travel partner.
Thanks for the trip mate, see you back in the grey.
I only just managed to get to Santiago, Chile having messed up my dates from New Zealand missing my flight by a day. It was only by the grace of the gods and by flirting with a 60 yr old Kiwi woman did I manage to get on the next flight.
So there I was, Chile. I was peeing it down and I was soon to realise that a little more attention to the Spanish books may have paid off. I never spoke any Asian languages but it seemed that in Asia the waving of my hands was more easily understood. Still, I made it to the first hostel which was fun as it didn't have a sign outside and I hadn´t noted down the number of the street it was on!
I was in South America and it felt unusually exciting to be out of my depth again after Oz and NZ.
Next was my trip up to see Maria. She was a star and actually had arranged to meet me much further south than originally planned. I had a minor detour on the way but finally met her in La Serana in Chile before we headed up to see some geysers and deserts.
It was really nice seeing a familiar face after so long. Traveling on your own has its ups and downs and it´s nice to be able to catch up on stories from home and chew the fat with someone you don't have to ask the standard backpacker questions to.
I travelled with Maria for about a month and during that time saw some of the most fantastic scenery to date and had some of the biggest laughs of the trip so far. It was great to have a travel partner.
Thanks for the trip mate, see you back in the grey.
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