Today is our last full day here in the wonderful nation of Chile. It is going to be so sad to hop on the plane tomorrow and head back to the states, to say goodbye to all our new friends we made here, and to leave knowing we may possibly never return to Chile again. But while we are still here, we have been doing our very best to keep enjoying our time, and we certainly have done a good job doing that! We left around 9:00 this morning to head to our final activity of the week, horseback riding on the beach. And we definitely saved the best for last. Horseback riding was amazing! We started off at a ranch where we each got our own horse, then began by heading down a path down to the beach. Unfortunately, my first horse was a little too wild, and I couldn't totally control him, so I had to switch with one of the guides horses, which worked out much better. We then headed down the beach, eventually coming to a vast landscape of sand dunes as far as the eye could see. It was really cool trekking up and down the steep sandy dunes with the sure-footed horses, just enjoying the gorgeous landscape around you. We rode for three hours, with only a short break a little in, and enjoyed every minute of it, even though your butt really gets sore after a while! The coolest part was on the way back, all of our horses were galloping on the beach, and we looked like an army flying down the beach on our steeds, it was an awesome sight. After returning to the ranch, the people there cooked us a full meal on their open flame grill, with sausages, steak, pork, rice, potato salad, and vegetables. The meal was delicious, especially the sausages. After the lunch, we headed back to the hotel, and had a while to just relax, begin packing, and just do whatever we needed to in order to prep for leaving tomorrow. Then at 8:00, we had our last meal with our Chilean friends, as we all met for pizza, and exchanged gifts. We received Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria sweatshirts, and we gave them all Pitt t-shirts. It was sad saying goodbye to all of them, and we will miss them greatly. So now we are back at the hotel, preparing to go the discotheque for our last night out here in Chile. Its been fun Chile, thanks for helping me end it on such an awesome note today!
Fun fact of the day: When your horse is peeing, you are supposed to stand up in the saddle so that you don't squeeze the horse
Horseback riding on the beach!
Hasta mañana,
Christian
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