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Saturday, September 27, 2014

saturday bbq

My housemates have been inviting me to their friends' bbqs for some time now.  Finally today I was able to join them.  The view from the terrace was great and the food was delicious!!!!  It was so great to meet my housemates friends.  Thanks for participating and the delicious foods!!!!


view from one side

and the other

chillen before the meat was cooked

Chile

Chile

Chile

Germany

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the last of the meat

goodness

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back in stgo

Coming back to Santiago was quite hard.  Its so much colder here and its very dry.  I definitely miss the warm and humid weather I had in Rio.  My friend had a potluck at his house, which actually ended up as a snack party. I was able to meet some new faces and get some pictures for my blog.  Thanks for participating!

USA

USA

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England

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South Africa (already pictured)

Thursday, September 25, 2014

walking through santa teresa, last day of beach goodness

On Sunday it rained the entire day.  My friend and I tried going to a market to buy some souvenirs, but since it was Sunday it was closed.  So, we decided to walk around the center and got to check out a couple free museums.  Then we walked through Santa Teresa.  It was quite beautiful.  Then on my last day, I was able to go to the market and buy some great stuff.  Havianas were so cheap there!!!!  Then I went to the beach to enjoy the last of warmth of would be able to enjoy for a while.  The weather was great and the water was refreshing.  I didnt want to leave.  Once I got back to Chile I was FREEZING!!!!!!! I want to go back to Rio!!!!!!!!!


I love Brazil

tapioca pancakes, delicious!!!!!!

Santa Teresa

great view

England

view of Copacobana beach from the best place to watch a sunset, however, i never got to enjoy a decent sunset...

lucky me, found this on the ground!

last day staying in "my" apartment

thats me!

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beautiful Andes

integration hike with couchsurfing and ipanema beach

A meeting time at 8:30am on Saturday was quite difficult.  I was considering sleeping in and relax.  However, I was able to get out of bed and I am SOOOO GLAD that I did.  The hike was awesome.  We started in a favela and then did the hike.  The views from the top were absolutely amazing! I really had a good time and it was so great to meet everyone.  While coming back down, my group kinda got lost and we were lost in a favela.  Luckily the favela we were in (Vidigal) is a peaceful one.  Finally we found the others and the parked cars.  Afterwards I went to Ipanema beach.  I actually tried on and bought a Brazilian bikini on the beach.  I never thought that I would ever buy a bikini on the beach, but hey why not while in Brazil.  Such a great day!!


Vidigal

nice view from the favela

view of a favela 

Austria 

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hike up

the group at the top

great view

interesting overpass for pedestrians 

lost in the favela 

cheapest acai......delicious!! 

great place to relax after a hike

the group at the end of the hike

grilled cheese on the beach....amazing!!!!

Brazil

Brazil