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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
bought a flash drive and copied all my photos from my camara to it...
where is my flash frive. it was in my pocket.
now its gone ... added to the endless list of shit that ive lost in my life.
cellphones
camaras
keys
shoes
clothes
books
toothbrushes
girlfriends
wallets
beenies
wetsuits
chargers
i once lost my whole car.
a bit of money.
i loose shit...
thats how i role.
ive also found some kiff shit.
the question is am i finding more than im loosing.
alot of things go missing from this world...
im heading into the jungle shortly. every day things are going missing from the jungle.
trees
clean water
fish
lives
languages
cultures
stories
beauty
green
the endless list of things lost .
i dont mind loosing shit as long as i get things back
whatever ... some hard cash or even just some wisdom.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
la serena part 1
i spent 4 days and nights hunting through every surfshop in La Sarena. nothing. nothing agreed with my shoe string budget. i decided to go check out some of the beaches anyway.wave hunting. boardless. I heard about a beach 20 kms south. (or north,i cant remember) called tortaralillo.
i was on the bus heading somewhere. after about half an hour i asked the girl next to me where i had to get off if i was going to the beach in totaralillo. she laughed and pointed behind us. i had missed the place. running to the front of the bus everyone knew and had a laugh at me. i showed the driver my ticket. he pulled over on the high way with a blank expression, in the middle of no where , opened the door and pointed behind us. got off the bus. on a high way... I was about 5 kms past the beach. two options came to mind .
1.) walk 5 km back to the place i was supposed to get off
or
2.) jump a barbed wire fence and bundu bash towards the coast down a cactus infected mountain.
end of part 1
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Valparaiso... maaad place
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
I stayed in Santiago for a few days. The first 3 days I explored the city.By myself and with a aussie man who had been travelling for alone 11 months. He was a bit mad. (lone wolf sikness). but its always interesting to here what people think about life. I didnt really understand half the things he rambled on about.
wandering around alone in a big city feels like floating on a cloud with flocks of birds speeding by, every face walking past me doesnt mater. Everyone seems to be heading in a certain diretion. On their way somewhere. Only thinking about the future. Disconnected from eveything happening around them. I notice these people are not living in the present.
I dont like big cities. Big cities make all little things in life seem completely irrelavent.to me that makes living irrelavent.Big cities are for small minds.
I think travelling alone changes the perspective through which i see things. It makes me more synicle. Being alone in a crowd amplifys the feeling of solidude. It can be one of the best and most refreshing feelings, but sometimes it can be difficult and often leaves an empty feeling inside. I often feel like i’m on a level above the croud when i’m alone. As if no one can touch me.Its a really good feeling. But sometimes i feel completely lost. As if an experience has far more meaning when shared with someone . like the same as happyness only being true when shared. I suppose its all about the perspective at which you look at it.
I defnatly notice when i meet people who have been travelling alone for long periods of time they go abit crazy... but thats only after about 1 year of traveling
Thursday, August 19, 2010
bus to santiago... through the andes
From Mendoza my travels would send me westwards ,towards the coast. The pacific ocean. This would involve an 8 hour bus trip through the Andes mountain range. Mendoza treated me well ,but it was time to leave. The bus ride was more like a scenic tour. a road surrounded by huge snow topped peaks.