Adventures in Lençóis

Adventure time!!

I tried to capture some of the amazing-ness that is Lençóis/ Chapada Diamantina, but this only does a little justice. Many adventures included rocks or water or both, which was always super safe! As well as sand, greenery, cliffs and some of the most beautiful landscapes I've seen. The five people in this video were awesome and shared the time of my life with me. I can't thank them enough. Here's to adventure.

Fun facts:

+The soundtrack here, sung by my guy Ailton, was my favorite that he taught us over the week. Ailton is a         Capoeira master who starred in the film Besouro where you can see his skills.

+The song featured is an original by a friend of his (name unknown).

+ I got a hole in my bottoms from the rock slide

+I visited a total of 4 caves (3 shown)

+Ailton was singing to us one morning when the rest of the crew came over...so I included that moment in the video...

Okay, enjoy...

                   

Cerro Arco Trek

 A few days into Mendoza, after plotting to get out of this bustling hostel I decided to do something with my life. The choice came down to Mountain Biking and Trekking. Mountain biking sounded very appealing until I had flashbacks of my poor wrists from snowboarding and decided to stick to only one extreme sport per month, for now at least. So on a trek I went, which turned out to be a code word for ¨pretty steep hike¨. Well here are a few recaps

The trek took about an hour and was full of beautiful scenery, as everything has been in this region. It also served as good exercise, since I seem to have forgotten how to do that consistently (don’t kill me coach).

While looking out over the city, a group of men arrived and caught my attention. You can read about what happened with that in Story Time.

Had great conversation with my new found friend Val, who is a German woman living in Austria. Side note: a substantial amount of my first conversations with people have been about government, politics and religion (faux pas), and the one with Val was no different but it was AWESOME. That is all.

Le group (Val in red)

Snowboarding: Valle Nevado

One day, after talking to a guy in my hostel and looking at the mountains I decided...let's go to the snow! I was cold everyday anyway, so I might as well make it worth while. (It's not snow-cold in Santiago but I'm cold nevertheless). So, the rest is below!

Problems:

1.Figuring out my lead foot; the right was more comfortable but the left had more control...I don't know what that means!

2. I can't go slow

3. I can't stop...unless I fall



Because of this, falling became inevitable especially when I came close to other people or turns I was unsure of...sad times. However, I had a blast!

Mid-slope chat







A snippet on the action

I was hot so I laid down for some snow AC

Accidental pic I liked

On the lift

Waiting for my teacher

Chico, my teacher, and I