Friday, 19 September 2014
I stormed out of there, and as I was walking I saw a police station and I went in there to lodge a report. Here's the thing. At this point, I had already lost all hope of retrieving my camera and my photos. I also know that it was entirely my fault. But the attitude of Lazy Man and Lady Lame was really just too much for me to handle. I mean, at least try and DO SOMETHING for fuck's sake! I tried as best as I could to explain my real grievance to the police, but I could see and semi understand that they thought my camera was lost. I tried telling them it's not about the camera anymore, but the attitude of the bus people, and I think just to please me they took down my particulars. And then they had the cheek to tell me that they're sure it's the same in Peru and Malaysia as well. I very firmly told them that the difference is, in Peru and Malaysia at least they will TRY! Here they do nothing. Maybe I should've reported a missing bus instead of a missing camera since no one seems to know where this damn bus is.
Needless to say, I don't have a good impression of Chile at all. I find that the more I travel south, the less and less I like the people. The best people thus far are in Ecuador, Peruvians are by and large nice but not as nice as Ecuadorians, Chile sucks! And to think that I actually thought Chile was more advanced than Malaysia or Peru. It's all rubbish. They have no right to feel any kind of superiority, and whereas I was friendly and kind in Ecuador and Peru, from now on I have decided to be a cocky tourist in Chile. They deserve it, and I deserve respect. I drank a beer to celebrate my decision.
Before all this drama happened, when I was at the bus station I bought my ticket to Santiago for Monday at about 2.30 pm, because that is when I would've finished all my tours here in San Pedro.
At approximately 8 pm I walked into town again to join an astronomy tour which starts at 8.30 pm. I enjoyed this very much. The guide spoke excellent English, and apart from being a certified astronomer, he is also a physicist so he really knew his stuff. He showed us Saturn and Mars which you can actually see with the naked eye in the sky (they look like stars but they don't twinkle), the Southern Cross and how to tell which way is south, the Alpha Centauri which is the nearest star to us at 4.5 light years away, the Milky Way galaxy, how to recognise constellations, and many other interesting information about stars, planets and galaxies. It has inspired me to buy a pair of binoculars, but I'm not sure if the Malaysian sky is the most suitable to watch the stars. Here in the Atacama desert it is perfect for astronomy because it is desert area so it is dry, it is approximately 3,400 m above sea level, there are not many people living here so there is not much light to get in the way, and humidity is low. I think the most expensive and biggest radio telescope in the world is located here in a research station named ALMA and astronomers around the world are stationed here because it is just perfect to see the sky. The tour ended at approximately 10.30 pmand it was freezing cold but I had no choice but to walk back to the hostel where I fell asleep immediately because I got up at 4.30 am today!
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