No Americans in Chile

My bunk mates are mates indeed; mostly from Australia. The others are from Holland, England or New Zealand, but I have yet to meet a fellow American. For some reason this seems odd to me.

After a dinner of gnocchi and vino tinto at Sole Mio, I headed back to the hostal, where Carla the 21 year old Hawk's Bay New Zealander sat in our room. "What are you up to tonight" she asked as I reached into a bag and pulled out a box of wine (yeah I said box - it's chile!). "Care to join me?" She replied: "Sure, but i'm buying tomorrow night."

I learned that Carla spent 2 months in Peru and Chile, volunteering in a small Peruvian village with special needs kids and living with a host family. As an art major, she is going to continue her studies when she gets home.

We got along well and decided to spend tomorrow touring the city.


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