Tonight at 9 pm I will be getting on a bus to travel 9 hours south to Temuco where I will start the rural part of my trip. Me and my friend Jackie will be living with a Mapuche (indigenous people of chile) family for the week, most likely without running water and electricity. Temuco is actually a fairly big city but we are going to be staying just south of it in a small country town named Chapod. Over the week they are keeping us very busy, busing us from rural schools, to lectures about the mapuche and education, we will be taking a crash course in an indigenous language and learning how to play a popular indigenous sport. I am not worried about not eating well because our directors have informed us that they eat a lot in the south. I sprayed all the clothes that I am going to be brining with special flea spray so I hope to avoid the fleas and I have packed all the medicine I could possibly need. We have also been told that the water should still be okay for us to drink down there especially because we have gotten used the water in Santiago and it is not much different.
I have really been looking forward to this part of the trip so I am glad that it is finally here. I will be taking lots of photos and can't wait to share the experience with all of you when I get back.
Besos y abrazos,
Ana
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