28

So my 28th birthday has now passed, it was well celebrated with good food and better company, on a beautiful day at the base of Los Andes, well actually technically it wasn't the Andes yet, but at the base of a mountain.

To me 28 now means that it has been 10 years since I gained the right to smoke and be arrested. It has flown by, but then again I think about some of the places I have seen or done in those last ten years and it feels aweful long.

I suppose though, the bigger landmark is that it is only 2 years away (now a day less) from turning 30, and that makes me feel like an old man.

Long Time passed by

So its been a while now hasn't it....lots of days passed by unrecorded...hate to say that I haven't managed my daily ritual of updating and recording the events that pass me by so well...

El Pochoco

The vastness of the paved reallity

Urban life...opening doors worldwide.....coming soon to a forest near you

In the Mean Time

Just a sliver...

The sunset over the Pacific is always a spectacular sight. When it gets almost all the way down, until nothing but a sliver is left, you can watch it slowly slip away, you can see the earth move slowly, turning day into night.

Sunrise at the port

The trip from my apartment to my class room takes around 2 and a half to three hours. Going both directions twice a week can be a drag. I have to find things about it that make it all worth it, and in Valparaiso there are many. From eating fresh fish to arriving to a fresh sunrise early on a cold morning.

Justa Doggone Nap (Sola Unasiesta Cachorrondo)

While on a walk through the center of Santiago

I took a walk on Sunday through the city. Usually there are a lot of different things going on. On this occasion, the Catholic Church was putting together this display featuring sand, sawdust, leaves, flower pedals and other odd materials. It went on for several blocks, and each part was done by different high schools.

Relief

a good place to sit....

Sometimes we all need a quite place to sit back and contemplate the finer things in life...

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...