Last post.. in chile.. maybe

This maybe the last post i put up here in the homeland.. hope the pics dont make u cry as much as they make me cry and remember the GTs ive had here.. i fly out next saturday at 2pm it will be a very sad day.. wont see my mum till the end of the year.. thats right!.. i will be away for another 2 months at the end of the year so prepare urselves to have the unexplicable gap in ur hearts again.. its me not being there.. JK

the lovely Juanita Cuevas (my mum for those of u playing at home)

my lil transvestite cousin Byron..

this is jenny's highschool.. here in chile the students have decided that the current education system sucks and therfore have decided to hijack their schools.. its a nationwide thing.. education should be free or at least fair.. here its like if ur rich u will get a tertiary education but if ur of a low socio-economic status ur pretty much screwed.. they're asking for their PSU to be free or a reasonable price (PSU is an university enterance exam) also they want student priced public transport 24hrs/day 365days/yr .. they also want equality in education.. they want that each student has the same options to uni as the next.. not much really.. but its taken 2weeks for the students to be finally taken serious by the current government and it looks like they will be doing something about it over the next few months.. here are some pics of the local highschools that have been hijacked by student..

the sign say ' an education with dignity'

jenny excited cos it means no school for her.. and more time with her fav cousin.. me

school entrance blocked by tbles and chairs.. sign says 'education isnt a privilledge but a right'

jenny's highschool

sign says ' bachelet with us'

so on one of these 'free' days jenny had we went photo taking..

we walked from the center of town to 'la piscina' (the pool)



which is really a dammed river

can u spot the turd (its not jenny)





bridge.. it has a sign that says donot stop on the bridge.. im guessing cos it may fall due to weight



a 'waterfall'

callampas 'mushrooms'

at the dam wall thingy..

patriotic chileans

sun going down..



i liked this sign.. kids play lots of soccer here..

middle photo taken by jenny (made the cut)

been raining heaps lately.. the rest of the drop photos just one.. haha

went to concepcion last week too.. photos taken from aunty orfelia's house

me ( token tony pic)

homer the cat (homero es un gato sincero) homer is a sincere cat

a church in concepcion.. i think it looks more like a circus

u may wonder what these are.. they are picarones.. they look like turds but taste HEAVENLY

random

massiel had a facelift..

went to work with uncle ben.. just 2 pics cos i had too much fun to take photos

la cancha after a down pour of rain.........