Hola compañeros,
Today it poured in Valparaiso. Matt and I went to the bus station to see about buying bus tickets to Mendoza and were promptly informed that the only route through the Andes was unpassable. The guy we talked to said that it could be 3, 4, 5 days or more before it was cleared. Bummer. We checked Orbitz and found a relatively inexpensive flight to Buenos Aires from Santiago (we didn´t want to stick around Valpo anymore). Tonight, we are back at La Chimba, our original hostel. We´re a little upset about not being able to go to the Sonoma County of Argentina, but we´re also stoked to be back in Santiago where we´ve made some good friends.
Our stay in Valpo made us realize that we take so much for granted. Hot water during all hours of the day, central heating, a computer in every building we walk into--these are things that we simply expect in the good ol´ USA. Our hosts in Valpo, however, were fantastic. The hostel we stayed at (Hostal Nuevamente) was run by this dude Gustavo and his girlfriend Pilar. They hardly spoke any English, but we were able to communicate with them plenty. They gave us bar/club recommendations and always wanted to make sure we were as comfortable as possible.
Nothing else for now. Ttyl, y´all.
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