Los Saltos del Laja

Did another Saturday excursion this week, to a waterfall a little north of here.  We had to take a bus to the bigger city nearby, Los Angeles (where we had time to kill so wandered around a bit), and then another bus to the falls.  But it was worth it!  We made friends with an awesome German backpacker and went on a motor boat tour of the river, which was gorgeous.  A very fun day, even if we were completely exhausted from having been up till 5am the night before singing karaoke with the family of one of the volunteers here (no regrets, it was fantastic). 

So first, in Los Angeles we walked through the market and saw piles and piles of the biggest, most beautiful and perfect-looking produce I've ever seen: 

Then we made it to Saltos del Laja, which usually has more water than this but was still beautiful

And we met/befriended this awesome German kid.  Here I am with Nadeem and Caroline (two other volunteers) and Mauritz, the wise-beyond-his-years German

let's just pretend that at least one of us is looking at the camera

And then the sun started to come out and it got even more beautiful! 

Decided to do a boat tour, which was cool

  

living. the. dream.

Then we bid adieu to our new friend (I know that's French) and, back in Los Angeles, killed some time by stopping into a pet shop.  Where they sold chickens (Emma Cudahy, I wish you had been there).  Here, this fine lady is selecting which chicken she would like to purchase...

yep, this one looks good apparently

We were really confused about Chileans keeping chickens as pets, but later my host family explained that the chickens are just for raising (and killing and eating) and this must just have been a store where they sold pets and also animals for eating.  Seems like there might be some gray area there...

oh look! it's my nightmare! 

Ja. 'Twas a good day!