tonight might be last night in santiago

Tomorrow is my last day at school and possibly my last night here. I´ve been thinking what to do next as I only have 3 weeks before flying out of Buenos Aires. Chili is long. Like as long as Canada is wide. Argentina is bigger, Brazil is like two thirds the size of the US. Not to mention Bolivia and Peru. So anyway, I suppose my point is I can´t see everything.

So what I´ve deided to see or do is to switch to more of a backpacky trip and do some camping and backpacking for the next few weeks. Possibly I´ll go camping this weekend with Jorge who is organizing a trip up north to see some penguins and dolphins. Then I´ll fly down to Torres del Paine which is supposedly spectacular and has either 4 day or 6 day hikes. I don´t want to hike on my own so I´ll fly to Puentos Natales and see if I can get an accoplice.

Funny thing is that I didn´t bring camping gear. I trapsed around europe with a sleeping bag and never used it so figured I´d travel lighter. So I just bought one today. I´ll look for a mat and shoes as I get closer.

But what is cool about this is that it sets me up for hiking to Macchu Picchu in Peru and possibly other places in the Argentinian Pategonia.

What I´m not seeing so far is Atacama which is supposedly a cool salt desert. And probably Mendoza which is argentinian wine country-city. But I guess I could go on and on about what I´m not seeing. Like Bolivia. But I´m not talking about that anymore.

So tonight there is a get together for an íntercabio with the other students. I´m not drinking very much and then tomorrow I decide my next move. I think I´m having dinner with the family that I have been living with for the last three weeks. Three weeks that have blown by super fast.