We're going to make like a drum, and leave

We made it around the city in record time. I dragged everyone around to the main key spots that I had visited through the week in downtown Santiago. The fact that we didn't get lost was a huge factor in the speed of our movement. I believe a fine time was had by all, but the general consensus is that we all want to take off and to start teaching, or we all want to scrap the whole Jan term thing and just take off for Patagonia and the surrounding area. I don't know if Peggy, my adviser, realizes the fact that if we went to Patagonia we would be in MULTIPLE cultures. MULTIPLE!!!!! Think about that. Our DMIS scores would go through the roof by the time that we got back from Patagonia. Going to Antofagasta will only immerse us in a single culture and put us in contact with a select group of people. If we go to Patagonia, and maybe trek through the highlands and mountains, we would be running into MULTIPLE cultures and MULTIPLE groups of people. Every single village we met would be like an entire Jan term each. If we really traveled a lot and went a number of miles a day, it could be close to 20 Jan terms all rolled into one.
I encourage you to think about it Peggy. All I need is your "say so", and I'm all over expanding my cultural experience. I'm willing to do it for the program and my education, I'm just that selfless.
Anyway, if I don't hear anything from you in the next hour, I'll be leaving for the bus station on an 18 hour drive to Antofagasta to start the main-meat of the Jan term program. For the vegetarians reading, that's the main-vegetable.
Wish us luck, There won't be any more post until at least that time. I also do not believe that I will have the wireless access that I do here, in fact I would be surprised, so the updates may not come as ofter or be as verbose.
Hasta!