"4:30 Saturday. A big night of midterm grading on tap. Actually, I did see a sign for Bingo at 9 p.m., so maybe I'll drop by. A preview of the nursing home to come!
"Rainy off and on today. Not hard. Not very windy here, but we have picked up a rather significant swell coming up from the south and the ship is rolling more today than anytime since our first day. I rather like it, but Stacy reported feeling a bit queasy. Another illness is making its way through the ship - this time apparently a virus, with fever, vomiting, diarreha (sp?), and really severe gas cramps. I sure hope I don't get this one.
"I've found from guide books in the library that there are buses running [from] Valparaiso to Santiago every 15 minutes. Fare about $4 at the time the guide books were printed. A 2 hour trip. Bus stations conveniently located in both cities. So assuming I stay healthy, I think I'll head for Santiago early Tuesday morning and return that night.
"I'm optimistic about Chile. The guidebooks sound interesting, petty crime is always around but not a terrible problem, and Chile is the most properous South American nation and so (with luck) won't have the appalling poverty of Peru. I'll see what I can in 2.5 days, but it might be a place we'd want to return to for a vacation. Lots of nature stuff - deserts, Andes, southern lakes and forests - that I won't see a thing of on this trip."
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