Okay, I think that I should probably update this blog. I've been lazy with it the last few days because I was kind of homesick and needed to keep busy otherwise I'd think about home too much.
So, last weekend I went basically to the middle of the Atacama Desert with a Rotarian and his wife. For those of you who don't know, the Atacama Desert is the driest desert in the world. It gets like no rain ever. We went to the Huasco Valley where a friend of theirs lives so that I could see what life in the desert is like. Their friend is an anthropolist professor in Iquique, but on the weekends he and his wife drive to their house in Huasco. Yeah, if you thought West Virginia was boring and in the middle of nowhere definately re-think that one. This guy lives in a FOR REAL ghost town. Waaayy back in the day there used to be more water in the area and a society lived there. So he is studying how they lived. On my pictures, I took a picture of what looks like trenches or ditches in a row, that was their system of irrigation. I understood about 3/4 of what the guy was telling me about the desert which was pretty interesting. But I don't want to type it out just in case I misunderstood. I'd hate to put my foot in my mouth and mis-educate everyone.
That night we stayed in the town (there is a town about 10 minutes away from that guy's house in the middle of nowhere) at a Rotarian's house. The next morning, all I wanted to do was take a shower, but apparently when you're in the middle of nowhere they don' t have hot water.... so I was dusty and gross all day. Sunday, we went to Pica & Matilla. Neighboring towns that have natural hot springs & like natural hot water pools. The towns are sooo small though, not much to do & I am not so much a fan for the middle of the desert. I give major props to those brave souls that live there because it is so hot, not much color, & definately nothing to do.
I have pictures posted from Huasco, Pica, & Matilla on my webshots, so check those out because it just takes way to long to put them on my blog.
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