Sunday, December 03, 2006

Chillan and the Gato Negro

We stopped in Chillan with low expectations, though the gorgeous tree lined streets on the way in did have us slightly impressed. The place we got to stay was cheap, thought nothing special, and the square nearby was gorgeous, and filling up with people, as there appeared to be a free open air concert being set up for that evening.

We decided after much thought and a bottle of wine, that we wouldn´t be getting up all that early and that the concert and drinking in the square were both much better ideas. And so we did. Dipped into the gato negro, or "black cat" straight out of the box, and polished about a half litre each in the park.

Watched the characters around us play with colapsible batons and deal drugs, as well as what appeared to be a post prom party slowly fade into the night. After the box we headed over to the fair, buzzed as can be, and ate 20 cent beernuts and watched the show. It was totally worth every penny, and we got a good 30 minutes or so of entertainment out of it before we headed back and layed down for a very trying sleep.

No one has heard of double pane windows here so anyhting happening on the street dring the night, you hear full volume. Thats tough to adjust too, though I was okay with it after all that wine, Matty struggled.

We were actually up pretty early and headed off to Valapariso. The sanf fran of Chile, the bohemian town of the coast. Hot girl in Valdivia said she wasn´t a fan, but we were going to find out for ourselves.

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