Hungry?

Nothing like an old school RV selling some goodies on a Sunday afternoon...

Demanding change...

The momentum continues to increase for the high school students demanding changes to some of Chile's educational policies.

Mmmmm..

on the edge...

The whole process....

I went for a walk the other day through the woods and stumbled upon the rotting carcass of a dead horse. I ran past it as fast as I could, it was an image that stuck in my head....such a big animal, its eyes still open.





Continued on my way, and not two minutes after coming across the dead horse, I found myself facing a white, large, and very pregnant horse on the same trail....




The whole life process, in just a few steps....

The Feasters and the Feasted

Fuzzy Cabbage

Nestled between thorny cacti, and dry, almost desert plant life I found a soft, fuzzy little plant, the odd ball of the landscape...

Working next to the sea has its advantages...

I finished teaching my classes last wednesday, then headed over to a friend's new place. He has a house on a tall hill overlooking downtown Vina Del Mar, and at one point, a sliver of the pacific ocean.

some softer...

the place to be...

Some places are better than others...

Maybe this will become a regular ritual...

Maybe I can manage to discipline myself a bit better...ojala que si... but really, I'm going to have many more photos and captions up in the near future, this blog has been going for quite a while now. When I first arrived in Chile it was a bit of a travel blog, and although I feel that I am still traveling, seeing new places and all, there is a steady familiarity to Santiago now, especially here in Nunoa where I have been living for over a year. That along with an increased ability to speak Spanish has helped me feel more at home in a place so far away from my first home.

It is a bit crazy to live in another country one might say. No matter what kind of linguistic whiz you are (and I make no attempt to include myself in this category) no matter how adaptive you are, there will always be something that will feel different. I think that eventually you can feel at home however, but Santiago will always be a bit new and exciting, no matter what I get used to and bored of...