Esquel

Trip Start Jun 29, 2008
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Trip End May 15, 2009


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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Well it took about 8 hours to get here.  Only semi cama this time as it was the only thing available as definetly not as comfy as the cama, got not a lot of sleep.  Got in not knowing what was going on really as Trisha was coming down from Santiago and had made all the arrangements.  I was met off the bus by a girl holding my name up.  It turned out that Natalia (17ysold) was there to let me know that I couldnīt get into the room that Trisha and I had till 10am so I would have to wait at the bus station til then!! She did take my bags though.  Thank god for a book and my ipod.  Didnīt realise though then that they had internet and I could have used my time to do this!!

Finally 10am arrived and she came back to pick me up with her mum, thank god I was getting a little worried as the details were a little sketchy.  We got to the cabana!! not a hostel room to my surprise to find it still not ready so I went off with Natalia and her mum as they were off shopping.  Once we got back Trisha had arrived wiht Josh the owner of the rafting company.  He dropped us off in town and we had some lunch and a chat before heading to the supermarket to get something for dinner and some wine!!  It took us two hours to get back to where we were staying.  We headed in the completely wrong direction.  I didnīt realise this place was so big!!

The plan for the evening was to meet up with the rafting guys but we didnīt know how to get hold of them or where they were staying but Trisha did have one of their mobile numbers.  We tried it several times but could only leave a message.  It looked like we were spending the night in!!

Natalia rang my mobile later (which I canīt configure properly as the help desk only speaks spanish!! arghhh) and invited us to a new years dance party so at least we were going out.

Eventually Nat one of the guys turned up at our place just before midnight.  We picked up the rest of the guys, Andrew US, Yugi Japan (but speaks with a kiwi accent), Dan NZ and Pepe (Julian) crazy frenchman.  We just made it to the Irish bar before 12.  Andrew had bought a bottle of champagne (sparkling wine) which he popped at midnight.  We all headed off to a dance party  about 2 which was completely empty in a big warehouse but by 3am it was packed.  We stayed until 5ish and then i had had enough of the music and we headed back.

 
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