For Janyce~*

This image of the Virgin Mary was taken in San Cristobal Park

Here is the church you asked to learn more about. It is located in the vineyard Santa Rita.
It was built by a father as a gift to his daughter.

Inside of church - Catholic, of course

I was torn between stepping into the pulpit or the confessional..........

What were we thinking?

All sorts of things come to mind:
innocence, segregation, stoicism, art imitating life, cloning, hope, zoos, fantasy, love, perpetuation of a species, religion, conditioning, apathy, play, cryonics, a warm bed and hot chocolate with sprinkles!

nemesis and dance partner

Meet my Chilean nemesis and dance partner!

We had many arguments... which in the end led to me perfecting the two step-hop and curse~* Although frustrating and scalding - Mr. Blanco Agua was a very good teacher.

Chile, 1-0 qualifiying for the World Cup 2010

Picture above: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/19/20081016/img/psp-chile-argentina-wcup-so-2c04622aba74.html

Here: http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/?cc=5700

A tidal wave of emotion rose up and crashed thru the streets of Santiago last night - when Chile ripped from Argentina a win that would have placed them in the finals... instead Chileans chanted in the streets, strangers were embracing and horns were honking ALLLLLLLL night long! Sound better than sex? It was... for a moment :) There's no way to bottle that patriotism - it just flooded the city - permeating every wall and every soul. Extremely contagious, live it, love it... or get the hell out~* he!d!

El Teniento - worlds largest underground blockcaving copper/moly mine

Joysticks are bilingual - whew~*
(Heidi trying to crush rocks via remote)

This was your grandfathers copper mine!

Today - it's the most modern underground copper/moly block caving operation in the world.
Level 6 - Pipa Norte

El Teniente - CODELCO - Chile
100+ years mined... maybe 80+ more in the vault
8 underground levels, 9th being constructed
We explored levels 5 & 6... I was literally in AWE!!!

10 Mile... and we're not talkin' Micheal Mathers here

flowers in Castillo Hidalgo park

most expressive

refreshing stop at the market

I'm puzzled over this one... do you see the little trees planted a top each pillar?

building reflecting building

10 miles round trip - - - took sooo many more photos, but wanted to share the more abstract & less obvious beauty I could find on my walk~*