More attempts were made to retrieve my lost photos but to no avail – easy come, easy go! It’s going to be an effort to bother with the camera again, although I find it hard to not look at things through the camera’s eye. Maybe that has to change. No doubt I will get back into taking photos but my relationship with my camera has been irreparably damaged. I no longer trust it and what is a relationship without trust?
I fly out for Santiago tonight at 10pm with TAC airlines so the day is mainly spent trying more great food and packing. I love the food here but if you ask me what I have eaten, I probably couldn’t tell you. The local beer is nice too.
Oh, and we watched Chile defeat Peru to knock them out of the soccer world cup…again. It was 20 years ago that Peru made it into the world cup. They were quietly confident this time because Argentina defeated Chile 4-1. Sadly it wasn’t to be but there were moments and those moments could be loudly heard across the neighborhood. Chile played the stronger game.
Packing done and I fly out for Santiago as planned. Not planned is may delayed visit to Chile. I have spent more time in Peru than indicated on my itinerary leaving little time in Chile before flying to Buenos Aries. Unfortunately there will be little time for going beyond Santiago. If I was to plan this trip again I would probably spend less time in the US and more time in South America. That said, I did enjoy having a look at the US. I came away with an interesting sense of the place. Whether accurate or not in such a short time it is a different picture to what we see portrayed through the television screen – something you can only get by visiting the place.
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