Villa Alemana

After a 7hr bus ride, with very little sleep, I arrived at the main bus terminal in Santiago. I was to wait here for about 40mins and then take another bus for the 2hr journey to Villa Alemana. There were only about 6 other passengers on the bus, so it was much more comfortable then the trip from LA to Santiago. The bus attendant was asking for tickets and where people wanted to get off, I was not sure what he was staying, so I answered with the central terminal. It was not until I realised that people were getting off earlier, in the main street, so I decided to jump off the bus and walk the shorter distance to the Moder home, the place I had stayed at earlier in Villa Alemana. I walked the short distance and rang the door bell to request entry. Fortunately Thalia had a later start to University that day and was able to let me in or it would have been a much longer wait.

I had a cuppa with Thalia and talked about my adventures in the South. I went to go to bed and sleep but thought it would be best not to fall asleep in Thalia’s bed, as we were talking in her room, but to have a nice hot shower, something to eat and then sleep. This is what I did and waved Thalia and Mirty goodbye, as they left for University. Then I basically found myself on the couch watching TV, a place that I stayed at for the rest of the day, drifting in and out of daydreams. I think that I must have slept a little bit, as I remember having a very cloudy mind and the TV programme that I had been watching was different. I think that this would be the setting for the rest of my time in Villa Alemana, one of sitting on the couch and not doing much more than watching TV.


I think that my predictions were correct as most of the time I did very little other than watch TV. I think it was due to both Daniel and Thalia returning to University studies and the youngest brother Esteban starting his Air Force Training. This meant that I had time to think and ponder about things and asses were I was in life and the sort of things that I wanted and thought about what God wanted for me. One day Thalia invited her friend Pia over to sing together, as they are in a choir together. Now I think that I am not the best singer, but can hold a tune, if required. As they never asked me to join them, even after I hinted a few times that I would like too, I decided to sit and watch TV with a set of headphones on, so as not to disturb them and not to be disturbed by them. Try to do the polite thing when they are singing about 5m from where I was sitting.

I actually went to look for my missing zunga, which I had left at the marina, the time that Thalia and I went Open Ocean kayaking. It was all in vain, as someone had taken them. Now people in Chile don’t wear zungas (they are their version of Speedos), as it is very socially wrong, so I am not sure why someone would want to take them. Ohh well, I hope whoever did take them is getting good use out of them. I also went and did a little shopping to buy a few items for the house and to aid me in some cooking. I wanted to thank the family, properly, for having me but as everyone was so busy and never at home, it was a little hard. I caught the bus back to Santiago in the third day, which was the Friday, as I needed to go to the Qantas office to fix my flights to England. As Thalia had Fridays off from University, she decided to come with me, as she wanted to visit her little cousins and spend some time with them.