On Friday morning, six girls and I traveled to the Siete Tazas, a series of waterfalls in the cordillera. We met at the bus stop and caught a bus to Curicó, a city about three hours south of Santiago. Traveling around Chile by bus is relatively inexpensive; round trip from Santiago to Curicó only cost about $10. In order to get to Las Siete Tazas from Curicó, we took a thirty minute bus ride to Molina, a small town that serves as the jumping off point to the Radal Siete Tazas National Reserve. At 5:00pm, we boarded a packed bus and started to head up the mountain. There were not enough seats for everybody so we stood up for the majority of the bumpy, two hour bus ride on a dirt road. The bus driver dropped us off at a hostel located about 7 kilometers from the National Park.
Our lodging was basically a cardboard box located on the owner’s property. This is one of the owner's two horses roaming around outside our cardboard box.
Saturday morning we set out for the Siete Tazas. Along the way we passed by a waterfall called “El Velo de la novia” or the veil of the bride. The water was clearer and bluer than Lake Tahoe...very pretty!
About 4 kilometers from El Velo de la novia, we arrived at the Park. Foreigners have to pay 3.000 Chilean Pesos or approximately $6 U.S. dollars but we convinced the park ranger to let us in for the normal Chilean price of 1.500 Chilean Pesos or $3 U.S. dollars.
“Siete Tazas” is literally translated to seven cups. Over time, the river Claro carved the seven cups/pools, all connected by waterfalls.
Universidad de Chile starts tomorrow and right now, I'm choosing between two Spanish literature classes and an environmental policy class. Instead of listing in the course catalog where the classes are going to held, you have to go ask the secretary at each individual college where your classrooms are located. Tomorrow should be interesting to say the least. Anyway, I hope it's sunny and warm wherever you are!
Words of the day: pierda=rock, el medio ambiente=environment, casada=waterfall
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