BLOG 2 - The Best Concert/Holiday Ever
Hello class again!
On our second entry you will be writing about some past memories. Please read the topic and requirements to do your entry. I will be waiting for your nice stories.
You need to include the following subtopics:
-Where did you go
-Who did you go with
-What did you do there
-Any other relevant comments.
Features for the post:
Write 200 to 220 words, font: Arial,
Calibri or Verdana, size 11 – 12. You need to include photographs,
videos, etc. Similarly, you need to add three
comments on classmates’ posts plus a comment on your teacher’s post. DO NOT USE
GOOGLE TRANSLATOR TO DO YOUR ENTRY. You have 48 hours to upload. Delayed entries
will be penalised. Good luck on your task :)
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I can
still remember the pine essence in the air, the tree shadows playing with the
morning sun. When we first arrived to Tres Morros it was the nicest place I
have stayed in. I was part of scout patrol of nearly 12 to 14 boys, where
Gastón and Marcelo were our Patrol Leaders plus a couple of grown-ups, who were
part of the 'supportive team'.
Tres Morros is located by the coast near Coliumo, which is a tiny
community close to Tomé in the 8th region, in the southern part of Chile. We
spent two weeks there. I remember going fishing in the morning, hunting some
days in the afternoon. Playing hide-and-seek at dusk, collecting sea shells and
constructing a trail towards the camping site. We also helped the owner digging
and installing a new extension for the water pipes and rebuilding the latrines for their camping complex.

There were days we cooked bread right into the wood ashes. The locals
call this ‘tortillas de rescoldo’. I oversaw the water supply for our camping
spot and it was my daily task to carry it into the kitchen for the daily
cooking. We had two 50 litres tanks, which I had to refill at least twice a day!
We went sailing and rowing a couple of days and went to the local fish market
to get some seafood for lunch. At night, I remember having a big fire in the middle of the
camping site. where we used to tell scary tales and
present some funny plays. Some nights Gastón had his guitar over and sang us some camping scout songs
and a few ‘tonadas’.

I cannot forget my time with the boys in Tres Morros. Unfortunately, on those days, having a camera wasn’t that easy, so I haven’t got many photographs that would help to recall some of the faces that have started to fade away as years pass by.
It is incredible, I remember visiting Villarrica. I am not clear about this vacation because I was seven years old. I lived three years in Chillán when I was a child, the magic of the south is unique.
ReplyDeleteHi teacher, I liked your history about your childhood, i never went scout, but i have a similar experience. when i adolescence, i go to hill with my grandfather, we would search her animals and my assignment are keep on wood-burning stove and with hot water.
ReplyDeleteHi teacher! Your story of your vacations sounds really fun, it's like any child's dream! It's unfortunate the availability of cameras it was't like now with the cellphone, sure if was the current times, you pick a lot of photographs!
ReplyDeleteHi teacher, thanks for sharing your experience in Tres Morros. I think it was really unforgotten and the friends or bonds created there are so much fun, how fishing, Personally I have never gone fishing.
ReplyDeleteYes, the local fishermen took us along one morning so we went into the real sea and had a great time fishing...we catched many different types of sea-fish and sea-foods!
DeleteWhat a incredible story of your vacations! I never been there but when I was reading your blog it caught my attention and I would like to visit that place too!! I hope that you will never forgot that moments and fun when you were there
ReplyDeleteHi teacher! its sounds amazing!! its like all what we all think when we imagine a camp, specially the big fire and the scary storys we saw in the movies when we were kids!
ReplyDeleteIt was a nice story, I remember it, when i do my fist travel out from santiago, it was in 2010, a little and fast travel to viña del mar, i went along with my father to his work in ther mornig and later the we just go there for fun, before to travell back to santiago.
ReplyDeleteHi techer! Beautiful trip. So good to have this kind of experiences in our memories. It would be great to have some good pictures too.
ReplyDeleteHello, teacher! I like reading your blog. I enjoyed the picture of your group "Tres Morros." It's funny that you remember those moments. When I read about "tortillas de rescoldo," it reminded me of when I used to travel to the countryside because we always bought them on the way.
ReplyDeleteHello teacher!! I love today´s blog. Such a beautiful experience you lived. A couple of time at school y also went camping and I had unforgettable experiences, it was so fun.
ReplyDeleteI've never been a scout but I've sung and told scary stories around a campfire and it's so much fun!
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