The Trip North

February 5th, 2008 by Hikaru

Finally, last week we left Santiago and it’s oppresive heat for northern Chile in the two motorhomes made by dad. The trip was rushed mostly because dad wanted to be in Antofagasta as quickly as possible, and we all felt the strain. It was still fun though, my aunt and grandma travelled in one with me as helper, and dad with my half-brother in the other. The motorhomes behaved wonderfully, and we went listening to all types of music. I did sleep prolly more than any of the rest but I slept less than I’m used to on long trips like this one.

The trip took a total of two days, we left Santiago early, around 10am, and arrived the next day close to midnight to Antofagasta, stopping to sleep to one side of the road (and too close to a train track) during the night. We stopped at Bruce Trench’s place before lunch on the second day and I had quite a bit of ostiones (scallops) straight out of the water with a bit of lemon. Mmh, just thinking of it makes my mouth water XD

Once we arrived to Antofagasta it was a bit crowded till this morning. Since my dad’s place is too small, we slept in the motorhomes for the few days my aunt and grandma were with us. Yesterday things began calming down and falling back into routine and I was even able to work on Atacamaexpedition.com, uploading more images of the motorhomes and changing the layout.

I want to work on my art now, since I have a commission to draw a bunch of pet images for Espers.net.