Los Quenes

Woody

When I first walked into the very small town of Los Quenes, Chile the villager greeted us “gringos” with stares of confusion. Not being used to seeing (North) Americans in the village it was obvious that there weren’t many (North) Americans that go to this town. One of my first goals was to be as nice as possible o the villagers greeting them all with an hola. Now only four days have passed and the villagers of Los Quenes stares of confusion have now turned into greeting smiles, and not only is the villagers familiarity improving with only four days but also is my Spanish. Holas have turned into simple conversation.

Planchon Volcano

Hines

I’m currently sitting in a tent underneath the Planchon Volcano in the Andes Mountains. We are overlooking a grassy plain filled with small creeks. Horses were running in at right about sunset. Woody, Adam and I took a break and walked about halfway (maybe a little less) up one of the mountains to overlook the everything. I can honestly say I have never seen anything so beautiful. This is going to be my favorite New Years Eve that I have ever had.

My favorite thing to do here is take pictures. One of our instructors, Matt, has been showing me a lot of things I can do with my camera. So far, I have taken around 600 pictures. I have taken a ton of the Volcano and the area around it. I am so glad that I can see all of this awesome land.