I did the math, and with the curret Chilean peso exchange rate of 600 pesos to 1 US dollar, I am a legitimate millionaire! Awesome, right?! But trust me, I won´t change at all. I´ll still be the same ole´ Stefan, and I won´t forget the little people from my previous non-millionaire existence. Some of you might even be rewarded for your loyalty to the tune of, oh I don´t know, $500 pesos! How does that sound?! Pretty good, huh?
Needless to say, I am in Chile. Puerto Natales, to be exact. On the doorstep of Torres del Paine National Park. I am headed in on Sunday for at least a week, so be prepared for another painful period of ill communication. I know. It hurts.
I am finding myself to be much more capable than I was even a week ago. When I arrived in Punta Arenas Thursday night at 8:30, I managed to obtain Chilean money, a bed for the night, groceries, and a bus ticket within a mere hour and half. And, I communicated solely in Spanish! Well, Spanish and a very precise series of grunts and pointing. And today, to my astonishment, I helped translate between a kid from Israel who didn´t speak Spanish and the hostel lady! Unbelievable, really. I probably totally passed on the wrong information, but they both seemed impressed, so whatever!! (Basically, she wanted him and his friends to clean up their crap on the floor)
As my time on the computer has now cost me $615 pesos, I better get going. Catch you on the flip side, dude-miesters!
-Stefan
PS, If you have a Snapfish account (it´s free and easy if you don´t), I think you can check out some of my pics at the following link, so give it a try:
http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=264495481/a=10508621_10508621/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink
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