Gangs of perros and antarctic souveneirs!

Well hello! Look who got lucky and has internet/computer access at the first hostel! Downside--the keyboard is really hard to use!

Quick recap of the days events, since otehrs are waiting for the computer! Last night we started by getting even more stares than usual by going to Parque Arauco for dinenr and a movie with our giant backpacks, but it was definitely worth it! We saw VAlentiens day and ate at a really nice, cute restaurant called Pasta Basta. We then took a transfer service vanm to the airport from the mall that ended up being around 12 US dollars each! The airport serevd as entertaining, as Gina had a random fork in her backpack when we went through security and the guy litterally said ¨No Importa¨ and we watched some guy almost get arrested. I was exhausted when we got on the plane and fell asleep before takeoff and got around 3 hours pf not very good sleep. We landed at 6AM and immediately realized it was COLD! We got our luggage and chamnged out of flipflops and caught anotehr transfer service into the vcenter of the city, not really sure where we were going. We asked directions to our hostel from the square and it turned out to be pretty far, but figured we´d go for it. After getting somewhat lost and being followed by a gang of dopgs, we eventually got a super chea`p taxi to our hostel where we ate breakfast (toast and butter) and slept on teh couch until our room was ready. We got a super cute 5 person room with a private bathroom, and imemdiately slept for 2 hours until 12:30PM.

At that point, we layered up and headed into town to explore! We went to a really incredibel cemetary, a very impressive church, ate lunch at a restaurant called Chocolaterra and got fudge as dessert which was delicious and was also very much decorated for Valentine´s Day, and then wandered the town. Most things were closed since it is a Sunday, but we wandered the square and made a few purchases from some street vendors (hand knitted mittens (NECESSARY), head/ear warmth bands, etc). We also went to a few outdoor shops which we may return to again tomorrow or wednesday. We bought our bus tickets to Puerto Natales for 8 US dollars for 9AM wednesday and wandered teh town some more. We went down to the beach on teh straight of magellan and felt the freezing water/saw Tierra del Fuego across the way, saw lots of Antarctica souveneirs which reminds you how far down we are, and then went to teh grocery store and bought some stuff to make tacos for dinner which ended up being about 2 US dolars each!

Now we are just chilling at the hostel about to make dinner. I definitely overpacked, but it´s not too bad. The clouds are crazy and gorgeous and fluffy and white and dark. It is gorgeopus and I can´t wait to see more! There are 9 otehr people staying at our hostel from teh EAP group and the hostel is really hoemy and cute with a very nice owner!

Tomorrow we are exploringa few mroe markets and heading to the Reserva Nacional Magellanes about 8km outside of town to do some hiking and get some veiws of where we are!

I´ll try to update again soon! I love you all! I´m taking tons of pictures!