I have been very negligent with this blog but it is only because I have been out and about living life! I hope to be more regular with postings now that school is over and to appease my mother who I some how convinced to let me travel alone in Southern Chile. Anyone would be hesitant to let their child do this but I have to give my parents extra props for letting me go on my grand adventure. Not many parents would let their directionally challenged,slightly flaky daughter travel around on her own. But obviously mine are awesome.
So now I am in Puerto Montt 750miles from the capital. The plane ride here was fine, only an hour and a half long. I got to the airport super early just in case I had some kind of problem checking in, which I didn´t. This is Chile after all, I never had to show ID or get rid of my water or take off my shoes or any of the other things American airports constantly put travelers through. Another benefit of flying in Chile the LAN airlines standard Havana snack pack. Yep, I got 3 snacks and a drink for flight less than 2hrs long!
The only time I started to get concerned about how my trip was going to be occurred after I arrived at the airport in Puerto Montt. I didn´t see a taxi anywhere, which was how I planned to get to my hostel. I walked all around outside, nada. So I went back in and asked the info desk who informed me that there should be a line for the taxi´s at the end of the block. I had already checked there and saw nothing but I go back out and still nothing, however, there was a sign saying the area was for taxi´s only. A couple comes up and asks me if this is where the taxi´s are, we wait together for the taxi´s to decide to show up. A few minutes later one did show up and the driver knew exactly where my hostel was! We ended up having a very nice conversation on the ride into town.
Once settled in at the hostel I went to explore Puerto Montt, which only took a few hours hence the title of this post. For those of you not in the know on Chilean slang, fome = boring. I first walked along the bay down to the bus terminal where I successfully got my ticket for my bus ride tomorrow to Chiloe! On the way back I stopped by all the different key sites: artisan craft shops,markets, plaza de armas, the cathedral, the malls, etc. Aside from the Church and the Bay everything else I had seen in Santiago. One thing Santiago doesn´t have though is a creepily large statue of two people sitting by the bay together. Pictures will be forthcoming. Puerto Montt gets a plus though for not accepting the 80s style so popular in the capital. I have yet to see a mullets with rat tail dreadlocks.
Today I also discovered the plus and minuses to solo travel. Plus I can go where I want when I want, the same goes for eating. However, sitting by oneself at a restaurant with nothing to do is very awkard. Hence, I have bought a book by Gabriel Marquez to minimize my awkwardness, at least to myself! I also have no one to take awkard photos with and I feel wierd asking strangers to take photos of me acting really goofy. I don´t like asking people to take my photo in general so don´t expect to see many shots of me from this trip!
Tonight I may be a good girl and go to Church at the Cathedral since I wasn´t allowed in earlier in the day. However, it is cold and it has been raining on and off so I may just curl up in my huge hostal bed and watch a movie on HBO.
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