Advertisement
Published: April 17th 2012
The Carretera Austral
Linda and I on the Carretera Austral (The Southern Road) when she came to visit me during her spring break. Damn, I have some good friends...Before hitting the road, I had worked 3 months at a hostel (www.patagonia-hostel.com). The reason being 1. so that I could improve my Spanish, and 2. so that I could become a little bit more assimilated before I set off to travel by myself. After several goodbyes and toasts, I was finally sitting on the plane to Santiago. There, I had an American from Flagstaff, AZ, next to me (check out his website at www.rioslibres.com). This was somewhat coincidental, because I had worked in Prescott, AZ, for a couple of summers. Furthermore, James Q, as this Arizonian is named, spent the previous day with a mutual friend of mine (this will become a theme, I am sure). We chatted the entire trip to Santiago exchanging stories. But despite the distraction of conversation, I felt that I was leaving something behind, but in a good way. I had become a little bit freer, a little bit more independent. Less scared of what this southern continent holds, I felt like I had gained the needed confidence and experience to head out and make some dreams come true, or at least see if some cliche experiences would come my way.
Advertisement
Tot: 0.094s; Tpl: 0.01s; cc: 10; qc: 48; dbt: 0.0563s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1;
; mem: 1.1mb
Rhonda
non-member comment
Amazing Travels!
Claudia, I love living vicariously through your travels. Your blog is well written and descriptive. I hope you allow me to travel along on your future adventures! Keep writing!