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Published: February 19th 2008
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Hello Everyone!
Have had sort of a whirlwind trip so far moving around a ton. Flew into Buenos Aires on the 12th of February. It felt so good to be back there. I really felt like I knew the city and felt super safe and confortable. Stayed there for a couple of days then took a 14 hour bus to a city called Mendoza, which in the western region of Argentina known for its wine making. Got to my hostel and randomly saw my friend Clare who I had met in Buenos Aires over a month ago. That was really nice because her and I and a couple of other people hung out, went wine tasting and horseback riding. Only stayed in Mendoza for two days and then Clare and I took a horendous bus to Santiago, Chile where I am now. We took this small little van stuffed with 16 people with a driver who seemed to have never been behind the wheel before. We weren´t scared, just amazed that this man driving was actually an employee of a bus company. We were flipped off and honked at by so many cars on the road for driving incredibly slow, driving
in the middle of the lane or practically driving on top of people. The supposedly 6 hour drive became an 8 hour drive with a super long unorganized stop at customs and driving way below the speed limit for most of the journey. The up side is that we got so much comedy from the situtation and the bus ride had absolutely magnificant scenery.
Off to Pedro de Atacama in the north of Chile tomorrow on at 23 hour bus ride from Santiago. I don´t know much about the city but know that it is sort of a desert oasis with some pretty interesting salt flats. I am going to book a couple nights and then sort of play it by ear. The reason that I am moving so quickly is that I really want to get up to Bolivia to spend a bit of time. I am told that it can take a really long time to get to where you want to go due to poor road conditions and just unreliable tranportation so I want to make sure that I give myself enough room for error. Hope you are all well. I miss home terribly this time around
but am having a great time and meeting some really nice people to travel with.
Off to do some exploring on my last afternoon in Santiago...
Love,
Cassandra
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Phoebe
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You rock!
You look great and it sounds like a good crazy adventure! Love you!