last night in the hostel!

woo hoo tonight is my last night of calling hostel international on calle moneda y cienfuegos my home in chile! :) i'm excited but sad to leave it as well because it's been so nice having my own space for a week. tomorrow i am off to buenos aires via a 22 hour bus ride through the andes. initially i was completely against going via bus, but it's supposed to be beautiful and the rest of the group opted for that one. so, it'll be an adventure and it stops in a pretty town called mendosa. i'm pretty sure i wrote this in my blog yesterday but i am on my laptop now, so it's a hell of a lot easier to type than it was on the computer i was using in the internet cafe down the street. the wireless has been down in the hostel for a while because of the rain, but it's somewhat better right now. it vaires between 1 and 3 out of 6 bars of wifi connection. but it functions and that's all that matters. so i've been getting a lot of love from jeff, nina, derek, mom, laurie, felipe, grandpa, dad, derek, lily, dani, ryan and katie and it's made me so happy :) thank you for being such an awesome support group and helping me stick it out down here. it's been lonely and it's so nice to know that i have people up there that care :) so, corny, but really i do appreciate it. i got to talk to grandpa this morning as he was leaving the dock to go fishing and that was cool. okay well i need to go and try and find a hostel online in buenos aires, because the one that we thought we were going to be able to book was completely full because it is vacation week all over south america. but not to worry, there are about a million cheap yet nice places to stay in buenos aires, so that is cool. i will write another blog tuesday moring to be realistic, since i will be on a bus all day tomorrow and i get into buenos aires monday afternoon and i'm betting i'm going to want to walk around and not be sitting after that long of a bus ride. so, if anyone needs to call, i have my us cell and it works and i may not answer if i'm not by it, but i can check voicemail (it's a pain but i can) or texts are always the easiest route to go. oh ya, and happy happy happy birthday katie (tomorrow) derek (the next day) and john (the day after that) i hope that you are all having a blast in the summer and i will try and call/write to wish u happy bdays individually.
chau & peace
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