Friday, October 17, 2008

Trip with the rotary PART TWO!!

soo here are some more pictures from the amazing weekend...sorry its taken me a while...but things are pretty crazy here...i have been doing a lot in school and hanging out more with my friends now that my spanish is good enough to make conversation..haha but yea things are going really well for me...i miss everybody from home...but hate to say it....i dont really wanna come home haha this is a great experience and i am loving every minute of it!!! soo enjoy some more pics!!!


this is a sketchy elevator that we took to this vista point thing in valpariaso...from the top it was really pretty.... but getting there...well lets just say it was interesting...or chilean...haha everything in chile is flightay (chilean word that pretty much means ghetto...not really sure on the spelling but thats deff the way it is pronounced)







this is some of the view from the top of the vista...it was really pretty and very close to the ocean... oh yea thats the pacific ocean... incase you didnt kno...










another pic of the ocean and some war boat thing from the vista or cool lookout place














now this is some graffiti that we saw...and i kno that you probabaly wont understand it unless you speak spanish...but it says no entiendo which in spanish means i dont understand... but also its really close to the name of the game console nitendo...just a funny play on words...us gringos thought it was pretty funny...






anther view of the ocean slash valpariaso 














from left to rite...a girl from france (dont kno her name) a guy from france(dont kno his name) a guy from germany (dont kno his name either) sam then theresa then annie










another pic of the flightay elevator thing that we took up to this vista point thing...












another pic from the top of the vista point....very pretty and lost of houses pretty much built on a hill...they were really pretty though because they were all different colors and things...









more pics of the cool houses and buildings













this was at the cerro san cristobal...or the statue of the virgin mary... this was off the side and there were many prayers and thank you notes from people who believe in her








here people lit candles and placed them here in honor of the virgin mary or to pray for things








this is a pic of all the rotary kids.... that came to chile from somewhere else  in the world...but they are mostly from the US with a few from europe





same pic except with the rebound students....or the kids that went to different countries last year...but live here in chile








another pic of the view from valpariaso













pic from the top of the cerro san cristobal or the statue of virgin mary









the statue of virgin mary


















inside the statue









more of inside the statue










this was a sign that said...kids dont be scared of what you see...(which was jesus on the cross) and that its important believe and pray with him in mind... or that was the gist of the sign haha





veiw from the bottom of the statue before i climbed up...








policemen.... on horses....pretty cool









another statue at the base of the virgin mary statue
















another pic looking down from the top of the statue









the stairs leading up to the statue










P.S. sorry that the pics arent really in order...but you will have to read the whole thing to understand it all...but anyways...thanks for checkin it out...will post more when more exciting things happen!!!!

Monday, October 13, 2008

weekend in santiago, vina del mar and valpariaso....PART ONE


sooooo where to start...i went on a city tour this past weekend that included a visit to santiago, vina del mar and valpariaso...three touristy cities and important places in chile....Santiago is the capital of chile and vina del mar is the largest tourist city in chile.....Valpariaso is just another city near vina del mar that is very pretty...soo here are some pics from the trip... the next post is part two....sooo beware in this post there are no pictures from valpaiaso...


this is a model of the moneda...which is there government building....basically the chilean version of the white house....very pretty









this is me chillin on a sculpture at the moneda








these are my friends and i on the same sculpture....









all of the inbound exchange students in chile...about 40 or so









we visited a museum which was basically for the moneda... very nice











me and one of the gaurds at the moneda!








some of my cool cat friends...posing for the pic








other cool cat friends










some coins on display inside the moneda









this is the view from the house of pablo neruda...look him up really famous chilean poet....had an amazing house and deff got to go in it...but wasnt allowed to take any pics....bummer but i got some from the outside...





the rebound students....or chileans that went with us...that had gone on an exchange last year....







me and some of my friends











cool star in santiago














the outside of the moneda (chilean white house)










outside the house of pablo neruda









pablo neruda's house again....it was very pretty inside









p and m stand for pablo and matilda... it was their house









the garden type things at the house of pablo neruda









these eyes were there so that people wouldnt hit there head on the tree...i know this because one of my friends asked the tour guide










train station in talca










el bueno muchacho... restaurant in santiago watched a bunch of dances and did a little dancing myself....it was a lot of fun







some native dance









the food!!! sooo good








other dance....










thanks for checkin it out....i will post part two soon!!!