bus trip!

“Where are you from?” is the token phrase of Chilean men hitting on gringas. Gringas, by the way, is not an offensive term. In Chile, it just denotes foreigners. I learned this when I recently walked into a grocery store and was greeted with “HOLA GRINGA!” Anyways, I left Angol yesterday for Osorno. It’s about a seven-hour bus ride south, into Region X or Los Lagos. Aside from getting stuck sitting too close to the bathrooms, it was a beautiful ride (once I got used to the fragrant bathroom scent stench. We arrived in Osorno and met some of the other volunteers at a hostel. Bar, bar, bar, bar in club, club. Our cover got us free drinks until the last bar turned into a club at 2am. Chileans go out tarde! Lots of token phrase throwing, not lots of cute Chileans. The bus ride back to Angol Saturday was rough.