chol chol

i just arrived in chol chol this morning. we took the bus from santiago late last night and after a 10 hour bus journey we arrived here at about 7.00. the head master was suppose to collect us from the bus stop but after 30 mins of waiting around we decided to make our own way to the school. after asking about 3 locals who all gave us different directions we found the school and were given a warm welcome.we were later told they thought we were coming tomorrow! haha have to get used to the manana manana culture!  but we have been shown round the school and introduced to the children. we will be teaching the really young children which i am happy about because they are just so cute! we also got shown our accommodation in the boarding house which is basic but it is fine. we also met some of the other children who will be living in the boarding house to and they seemed lovely. the only proplem i am having is the fact my spanish is not up to the standard it needs to be to understand what people are saying. i am just learning to nod and smile and add in the odd si here and there!! hopefully it will soon start to click!
 I am still very tired after two 10 hour flights on which i didn´t manage to sleep. we spent two days in santiago in a youth hostel when we arrived. I really liked Santiago it had a really nice atmosphere. The people were very friendly and the location amazing. we walked up a castle type building in the centre and there we could see the andes that circle Santiago. we also saw the andes when flying into santiago it was such an amazing thing to have seen! it looked as though we were literally about to touch the peaks. the weather was lovely in santiago but it is pretty nippy here in cholchol but nothing i´m not used to in scotland!
well í´m off for my first luch here with the children. sorry if there are alot of errors in the post i am just too tired to correct it all!
speak soon
Rxxx