The second day in La Serena we took a day trip, one hour bus each way to Vicuna, a small inland town with great views of nature of something. (Total Bus Time: 19 hours) Unfortunately the day we went is raining a bit so we didn't get to the hike we intended to, but got to see all of the small town. Vicuna is also notable for being the birth place of poet Gabriela Mistral. Unlike with Pablo Neruda, I was not real familiar with her work before coming to Chile, but now I gott say I am a fan. The museum about her in Vicuna was closed the day we went, but we got see her face in a fountain in the middle of the town, I took a picture of it. Overall the town was just kind of small and dusty, but it had some charm. Vicuna = San Miguel of Chile.
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San Miguel's mission is way cooler than Mission San Antonio or that lame Mission San Luis Obispo. Was the bus any worse than a real love field trip in the blue jew?
PAUL
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