1 month in Chile - more pics

THE FIRST WEEK IN SANTIAGO

dancing and flying beside the ¨mighty river Mapocho¨ on a cold and blustery day - we pic-nic-ed here on some benches after admiring the sculptures at the nearby Art Gallery in downtown Santiago; Bellas Artes.

Delia and Hero - we climbed up a small hill in ¨Santa Lucia¨ where a Spanish fort still stands (see below) and Hero sang out an original composition the whole way which wasn´t really very patriotic to our surrounds. one lyric: ¨Argentina¨

a local humoured us for another jump shot - can´t seem to keep from opening our mouths like muppets every time we do it...

Waiting in the metro for the next train... something we´ve been doing a lot.

Heroe´s spot.

she´s the man.

Heroe was such a ´model´ of customer satisfaction after purchasing her several-shades-of-pink parka... Dan, doing a pretty convincing ¨Wictor¨

¨that´s right - the hood stays lady!¨

the 10 seconds that her parka remained clean as we dined in a pizzeria with an apperatif of oversized juice, bendy straw not quite articulated enough...

a gathering of some new Bahá´í ¨friends¨ from the regional Santiago area for a ¨Cluster Reflection Meeting¨ - the Duhart brothers and an Argentinian musician, Dario, bring some sing along guitar strumming to the event.

Baquedano Metro Station - hands down the coolest one. Art all over the place. Here, a wooden man is sculpted from the branch of this mighty trunk balancing above our heads.

THE OUTING

Hero´s first ¨nieve¨ - and Delia´s first in over 10 years! (still haven´t seen it fall though...)

Father and daughter looking into their futures...

¨My hands are frozen and my butt is wet - but I like it!¨

eating the snow was the main objective - and boy did that look good!

Go Dan Go!

Yeee -

-Haaaa!

Javier, Matthias, Sol, Sofia, Dan, Delia, Indiara-Hero.

THE FARM

Hero: Bringing back the pregnant butterfly gumboot look - where did it ever go?

Pants Shmants.

Taking after her Moogie... ¨why won´t this bamboo - flute?¨ she calls this activity ¨slooting¨ - still has trouble putting f and l together.

Fender, Fenix & their moma - they be sleepin...

and sleepin´...

a lie down. in [think Prince] ¨the most uncomfortable bed in the world¨ (old futon. slatted bed frame. say no more.)

José, master house and cabaña builder. good man.

Hero helps.

eucalypts and bamboo are all we need for this one!

Hero enjoys the dappled bottle light in the ¨baño seco¨ (drop toilet) with adobe walls and bamboo and grass roof...

it really is a very pretty dunny.

in Talagante, the farm´s township, under impossible telephone wires. Every phone appears to have its own line, like in the good old days.

STAYING WITH THE KINGS IN QUILLICURA

back row: Kaleb, Dan, Jerry, Forrest. front row: Ingrid, Delia, Noel. (Hero in bed)

Hero and the rabbits. it´s love. a moment later this black and white one (one of them is Toby?) escaped. no harm done though...

The Cart. Jerry is an ¨i can do it¨ man. This is how he gets their groceries from the nearby open market.

Holding on. Having fun. i think.

Good times.