CHILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was in a funk this morning.  Thankfully, when you most need help, the universe usually provides it, and that help came today in the form of Where's Wetzler's first ever donation, a NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN donated by Wetzler's good friend Esteban Gilberto, a native of Montevideo but resident of New Jersey (although he also spends a fair amount of time in Bogota, Colombia).  The NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN will probably come tomorrow, as I have just made the semi life-altering decision not to stay in Arequipa, Peru, but rather head pretty much immediately to Arica, Chile, where the surf looks amazing and, well, Chile is rad.  Some have you might have seen that Chile was recently rocked by a succession of earthquakes resulting in six deaths.  Apparently Arica was affected but not nearly as bad as Iquique and some other neighboring communities.  Hopefully there will be no more quakes for a very long time and the towns are recovering well.

In other news I am down to my last $50 USD (not including the donation, which changes my financial situation drastically).  However, my hopes are high for Chile.  Arica has several hostels so I'm hoping I can work at one of them for room and at least partial board, and hopefully there are myriad of bright-eyed young souls  in Arica looking to pay a wildly-bearded gringo for his English instruction and general encouragement.  Time will.  About six hours will tell.  I'M GOING TO CHILE!!!!!!!!!