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more walkingJan 14, 2010
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| Last night the countryside moved into my cabin. Well at least a huge black flying beetle did. Him and most of his relatives. That would have been OK as long as they had stayed away from me, but they are kamikaze flyer's,make a loud buzzing sound as they fly and a big bang as they hit the window or the wall above my bed (that the bit i didn't like. So not such a good nights sleep. You can now play dot to dot on my face and neck as the mosquito and midge bites are out in full technicolour glory now. After breakfast the owner (Paula) and I took a picnic lunch and set off to see the marble caves. Access is by boat and amazing. Entering into the spirit of things I got out of the boat and perched myself on a rockfall under a cave. after we had finished Paula advised me that it was in one of the boats that two of her guests hurt themselves. It turns out that my fellow com padres are in fact padres and are on holiday together. One of them had to have stitches in his head, the other has damaged his neck and spine and was confined to the cabin. The skipper of the boat thought that it would be fun to rock the boat whilst in a cave. It wasn't so funny for the priests. We then jumped back into the car and drove to the north fields area of the glaciers. The view as we climbed of waterfalls and streams and just raw nature was lovely. We had our lunch at the climbing point of the glacier called explorers and then climbed to the top to a viewpoint. You can see the North fields from this point. The other side of the fields is the St Raphael glacier that I visited last week. You can walk with a guide along the fields but it takes 7 hours there and back to walk and climb. Tonight I had supper with the injured priest who is head of the largest charity looking after the ´ancients´ of Chile. There apparently is no governmental support for the old and the charity has no contribution from the state in running its homes. Apparently he is a very powerful man in Chile and a bit of a mover and shaker when it comes to legislation for the vulnerable. An interesting supper with a humble man. I wonder if the bugs will be back tonight? |
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