It's Really Over!

We've made it home alive and well...except not well in Adrienne's case but we got her home alive so our job is done. I just want to make a few comments about the trip:

1. You can't truly appreciate how multicultural Canada is until you've lived as a Chinese person in South America for a month.

2. It's incredibly weird for me to resist the urge to throw the toilet paper in the bin and to flush it down instead. I will also never, ever take for granted toilets, toilet paper, toilet seats or anything toilet related.

3. I think I should now be considered to have 'stomach of steel' considering i had the least stomach problems amongst us. But AliceT beat us all in the health department, she resisted all of our germs!

4. AliceT is also as strong as a man, carrying her bag and Adrienne's around. Although I'd like to boast that even I carried one of Adrienne's bags a few times.

5. I personally feel a lot stronger and more well travelled than before. Next time I do a trip like this, I would backpack instead of following a tour. And there definitely will be a next time.

It´s Over!

We are done here! Almost.

We go back today. IT has been really amazing. Seen so many things etc. etc...

I am full of health issues... might not be able to see people for a while when I get back...

trust me when I say that you do not want what I have... me and my plethora of foreign diseases.

And a big happy birthday to Brenda! She gets to spend 12 hours on a plane today!

Almost over...

We´re savouring the last of our South American dreams now. Santiago is amazing, it has the city feel of nyc with the background drop of switzerland. It´s hard to believe a month ago today i was writing my last exam because it literally feels like a year ago, my life before here seems so distant. Health wise its been tough for some as usual. Here´s another round of guess who. Guess who fainted at the observatory a few days ago? Guess who had stomach pains so bad we considered taking her to the emergency room in the middle of the night last night? It has been exhilarating to say the least...

Pictures!

Internet is expensive here so no one wants to post. To summarize, we froze our collective asses off in Bolivia while driving through the salt lake and then the desert, sleeping with no heat in minus 25 degrees at night. It was like an orphange bootcamp. I can´t even begin to express how hard it has been for us physically, hopefully it is all very character building. I, at least, found the whole situation very hilarious. Too bad alice got the stomach flu after going into the hot springs when it was freezing cold outside and Adrienne has caught a cold. Between the 4 of us we´ve had: common cold a few times over, fever, altitude sickness, motion sickness, stomach flu, diahrrea, constipation, stomach cramps, skin rashes, eye cyst, and i´m sure a few more i can´t remember at this moment.

Chillin´ in Chile

Hi All! We´re now chilling in Chile, it´s kind of chilly so we might try to look for some chili tonight.

I sincerely apologize to all those who don´t share my sense of humour. It´s actually not chilly here, it´s quite lovely. We´re in San Pedro de Atacama, it´s like a town out of a cowboy movie. Adrienne and I are going to do the standoff in the middle of town tomorrow hehe. A lot has happened in the last few days, i´ll let the others update you but most importantly, a vicuna spit on me!! It made me so happy lol.

Great morning in the mines

I really had a great time in the mines today. What an experience! And quite the work out might I add. It is not easy climbing out of a mine at 4200 meters above sea level. This was probably the most interesting morning of my life. Everyday in South America is like a strange dream to me. I am just so out of my element. It is late so I am not going to write much even though I have so much I want to share...

How Donkey Kong is this? Bailey, Brenda knew you would love this.

Brenda was the only one that did not have to watch her head in the mines. LOL

I love love love this picture! It reminds me of that scene from Armagedon.