I`ve unpacked the backpack, dirtied the clothes and soiled the boots with all kinds of poop - cow, sheep, chicken, dog and probably my own. In fact i´ve given up the nomadic life for three weeks and become a farm hand.
I`m currently living and working on a friends farm 30 km east of Los Angeles, Chile. If my friend, Carlos, was interested in agro-turism he could make a mint here...this place is amazing in its beauty, functionality, serenity and probably some other words ending in -ty.
The farm is 160 hectares with cows, sheep, maize, wheat, sugar beat, walnuts, and hazelnuts, plus, for our own consumtion, a big veggy garden, chickens, ducks, turkey, geese, a fruit orchard, and heaps upon heaps of ripe blueberries and rasberries (I think I ate a kilo of raspberries yesterday..no joke). Also, we have majestic view of the Andes with snow capped volcanoes jutting out and a crisp blue pool to dip into with an afternoon drink. This is the good life.
My jobs are as diverse and various as they are numerous - there is a lot of work here - and I don`t have time to go into all the details (we don´t have internet there, so for anyone who wants fast replies from me, tough dudo) but I will say that for anyone who is doubtful, vaccinating sheep is very hard work.
Must go now and feed the dogs....
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Welcome to the blog that will surely not change your life, but is pretty damn interesting to me, if no-one else. Herein lies the deeds and accounts of a utterly normal person who banked his life savings and flew to South America with grandiose plans. Actually, the plans are a bit on the skimpy side...in fact, there is really only one. Make it from Tierra Del Fuego to the US without stepping on a plane, aka, overland…arriving with nothing more than stories and memories. Vamos al fin de mundo!
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