Hiking Punta Lagunas, Cajón del Maipo

Hiking just outside Santiago last weekend, 3171 meters of altitude. An 80 meter rock wall like a slice of bread, full of fossils; a condor, and the view.

Mostly in Santiago the aftershock is all political conflict. Warning systems and communication failed, the President reported when she shouldn't have and was misinformed by the Armada about their not being a tsunami even though there had already been several. Reluctance to send military aid because of political historical conflicts between the left and the military.... That's the cleanup in Santiago. There are still aftershocks (apparently they'll continue for at least 2 months) and occasional buildings evacuated because they are discovered to be about to fall. The grocery stores are rather empty and people are attempting to resell things to make money. Everyone still talks about nothing else even though everyone is sick of it (and not to sounds callous, it's just that much of the way it is talked about aggravates the conflict instead of supplying aid to those in need).....

Farming in Metri

Life sweet life on the farm in Metri, southern Chile. My goats, squashes, the yellow house for volunteers, my french friends Antoine, Lena, Cami, and Nico, the famous Checho - the man I worked with every day for 8 hours, who has worked their for 20 years but done just about every type of hands on work on the farm, in the sea, with houses you can imagine, with whom I lunched and got to know his amazing children.... Castro and its all alerce wood church on the island of Chiloé. The lagoon and the ocean next to the farm, the water source and bathing pond.