The Andes (in the window)
We’ve spent the day at Isla Damas and Humboldt Penguin preserve, smelling a pretty serious amount of bird crap on the way. It’s been -really- hazy and overcast which means I burnt the crap out of my face, too.
Not a bad vacation
We’re having another slow day. Recovering from the marathon tour of the elqui valley yesterday. I’ve got work to do and the sibs have a fairly serious amount of lounging and napping to do.
Hello from Pisco Elqui!
Pisco is the national drink of Chile (unless you’re talking to someone from Peru in which case there’s this whole controversy). It’s an alcohol distilled from grapes and put into a pisco sour which is served at pretty much every restaurant in the entire country. We’re touring the valley where they grow and manufacture pisco and seeing a couple plants. We’ve also been to fresh fruit stands, artisan fairs, museums, ice cream shops, parks and all kinds of various touristy bits of the elqui valley. We are at the final stop in a town called Pisco Elqui, the birthplace of pisco.
Hello, beach!
We’re much more rested today. It’s been nice having a chill post travel day. The sibs are having fun performing for the camera. I’m not sure I can take a week of this
La Serena…exhausted
Vegas to LA, picked up the sibs, LA to Dallas, Dallas to Santiago, picked up Dad, Santiago to La Serena. That’s a lot of flights for one day. Now we’re at Jumbo (the supermarket) for supplies. We don’t have anything in the condo we’re staying in so we had to pick up some staples. We’re pretty much sleepwalking at this point but it’s a necessity. So sleeping in tomorrow.
