We started our trek towards the mountain and the Refugio (the place high up on the peak where hikers can stay and cook and have a warm place to sleep) around 11am. We wanted to get going a little earlier than that however as usual we were kind of tired and sluggish and didn’t do too much towards getting going. We waited for the bus for about a half hour until I asked where we should go to catch the bus and we were told that it was four blocks away from where we had been sitting like idiots for the last half hour! So we made our way down there and waited another forty minutes or so for the bus which finally came to take us to Villa Catedral, which is the jump off point ... read more

Joey, Aaron, Aldo, and I did visit another winery on Friday and it was a really fun time as always. We went back to Mr. Hugo and he gave us a discount because we were repeat customers, which was really nice. It wasn’t quite the same not having the Dutchies with us but since it was just the guys it was a different dynamic and certainly still a great time. We started out going to the farthest winery around and it was a 10K ride right off the bat. I was feeling good, not hung over, but still after sitting on a bus for an hour and then hopping on a bike for a 10K ride I was a little winded. Everyone admitted that they were feeling the same way so I didn’t feel so bad ... read more

So I blatantly lied to you and didn’t spend really any time sleeping yesterday. I Skyped with Candace and Dave and little Mason for about a half hour last night then I talked to Richard Merritt, the man himself, for some time and there was a free BBQ at the hostel so we decided to make some sangria. Everyone at the hostel was ready to eat pretty early because we were starving however everything was running on Chilean time and we didn’t end up eating until like midnight which wasn’t all that terrible actually. It was one of the girl’s birthdays in the hostel so we all went out to a bar that was near the hostel. It was alright but nothing too crazy and we got some late night food like always and headed back ... read more

So we did indeed go to the club and boy was it a wild night. It was Aldo’s birthday and he wanted to buy a bottle himself but I told him that I don’t care how they do it in France, when it’s a man’s birthday he doesn’t buy his own drinks so I tossed the old Bank of America Platinum Black card down with some serious buying power and we proceeded to dance the night away. I try to watch my money while travelling but as Mattcam put it, that’s just a reckless disregard for my money which is so true. There were a lot of really hot girls at this club and we were in VIP so I figured that we’d be able to talk to some of them or at least make some ... read more

Wow. The last few days have been craaaaaazzzzzy!!!!! The hostel party was wild. Everyone got totally hammered and had a great time. Our new Dutch friends are awesome and these girls are a riot. It was one of the girl’s birthday and they had cake and we all drank Pisco and were up super late drinking with probably 35 people or more here at the hostel. Probably more honestly. We had the great idea to go to the strip club with some girls from here at like 3am. It was pretty lame, the girls were gross and it was certainly not the awesome time we had at “Amanacer” in Peru, which coincidentally means, till the sun comes up! After the strip club we pretty much crashed around 4 or 5am. We got up around 11 and ... read more