It has been 10 days since we arrived at Sand Jose de Maipo and NRA was about to head further south to a surfing town called Pichilemu to hop on some big ocean waves for practicing play boating.
From San Jose de Maipo to Pichilemu (Chile)
Unfortunately, I had to stay back with my boss, Dave, in Maipo for a few more days, to take care of a few logistics, like waiting for the boat rack to be installed on top of the Astral van. SO, my students were super excited because they didn't get to have my awesome math classes for a few days, but I did assign them quite a bit of work to do, jajaja. They thought they could get away...
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| Dave getting harassed by a pet Llama, Cusco. It was hilarious!! |
Well, time was never wasted when i was in Maipo. What I learned about Chilean culture on the concept of time was an interesting finding. Originally, Dave was told that the boat rack was going to be done the next day at 6 pm (a day after school left for Pichilemu), but no, it didn't get done. Then, he was told that it was gonna get done the next day at noon, but no, it wasn't done. Again, he was told the rack was going to be done the next day at noon. But no, it didn't get done until 7 pm (3 days later). A rack that was supposed be done a week ago ended up delaying for a week and a half.
So, when you travel to Chile, my general advise is to give yourself some buffer time on your schedule. Time is for reference only. It's all about Einstein's relativity theory, right? Anyway, if you want a task done on a certain date, make sure you tell the Chileans at least a few weeks earlier.
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| Lorenzo's dad, Sergio, helped us tie up creek boats on the newly installed boat rack. |
Guess how many creek boats we managed to put on the van??
6? 8? 10? no...
We tied 12 freaking creek boats on that shit. 12!!! To give you some idea, a creek boat is about 7 - 8 ft in length, 2-ft across and weighs about 40 - 50 lbs each. YES, we loaded about 600 lbs of dead weight on the van roof. I felt the rack was about to crash.
It was incredible to see how it was done. If it weren't Sergio, even Dave couldn't have pulled it off. That man is certainly a master in mechanical advantage and spatial arrangement. And by the way, it took us about an hour and a half just to tie up all the boats, which was insane.
This boat rack was poorly designed and it wasn't very practical or sturdy. If the rack could last for 2 years, it would be amazing (that was a BIG if...).
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| With the new colorful decoration on the roof, we attracted a lot of attention as we were driving to Siete Tazas |
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| Look at this crazy tying job... |
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| Leaving Cascada de las Animas (Waterfall in the background) |
~ Cheers ~
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