Adios Amigos
Well all good things must come to and end and for me this is the end of my travels in South America. It's been an amazing life altering experience which I know is what you hear everyone say but it is true. Traveling gives you a new perspective, it shows you that no matter how different people act and look they are still people at the end of the day and that means that they are just like us. All the scenery and the experiences and the new food and the good and bad times mean alot less without the people you meet with whom you share these things. I've met some amazing people in my travels and one of the most surprising things has been the amont of single female travelers I've met, you all thought I was a bit mad going off to South America on my own without a word of spanish but the reality is that the world is full of crazies like me, Aitch, Cassandra, Sonia and many others I've met along the way. If this is crazy I hope never to see sanity again. The last six months have been the most hectic and exciting of my life, I've gained so much from my experiences, about 300 new friends, a floor to crash on in almost any country in the world, a new language, insight into 4 or 5 ancient cultures and a thirst for travel and adventure which I'm sure will never be fully quenched. Many people ask me what was the best place I've been to and that is a really difficult question to answer cause each place has it's own unique charm. I can't even think of many places I wouldn't want to go back to but I suppose the first choice for a revisit would be Rio, and then everywhere else I've been to.
My Final adventure here in Chile was my snowboarding trip the other day, it was practice for my life of New Zealand narliness on the sloaps of middle earth. Mount colorado, about an hour from the center of Santiago, was a great place to board, everytime I got to the top I'd gasp in awe of the most beautiful view ever of the Andes and the dwarfed Santiago in the midst of them. I only fell about 10 times (on each run) but I got going towards the end and was ok at by sundown. We watched the most magnificent sunset on the way down, wait till you see the photos, there are no words to describe this. When it was all over I turned back to see the steady stream of car headlights decending the zig zag road of the mountain like christmas lights on the big mountainous snowey christmas tree.
Thank you all for putting up with my badly spelt ramblings for the past six months and thanks for the feedback about the site it makes it all worth while to know people actually read it. This is only book one there's alot more sequals to come and the next one is set in New Zealand, my time machine awaits me in Santiago airport and I will be transported 2 days into the future to a different world and a new adventure. Hope to see you there!
