UGH.  Bad news from Chile...

Three days ago, at an internet place in Puerto Natales, Chile, I lost my 8GB pen drive.  I was having trouble "safely removing it" from the terminal, so was waiting for help, but then spaced and left without it.  By the time I realized and returned to retrieve it... the place was filled with schoolchildren playing "juegos"/video games.   I am sure one of those little f%ckers is a whole lot happier now that he has that cool new toy.   It put me in a sort of funk, having trouble coming to terms with losing two weeks of photos of glaciers and culture and music... all of these precious images and musings that cannot be recreated.  

I have had to remind myself why I am travelling.  Although I absolutely love to archive culture and music in obscure parts of the world... it would be my life's work if only I could find a way to make a living doing it!!.. this is a personal trip for me to EXPERIENCE the world.  The images and the feelings are powerful, so I should not need photos to remember them.  (This is like a mantra I have to keep telling myself).   But really... I am over it... although I have put off updating my blog, feeling a bit deflated about the photos I wanted to post, which I can still see, but which are no more.

Anyway... now you know.   Stay tuned for NEW photos and musings from Chile.