Muxia

The hike from Finisterre to Muxia was beautiful as the trail followed the jagged coastline and presented us with breathtaking views.  We passed through a few small towns along the way and got stamps to prove that we had hiked through there so that we could get our certificates.

Muxia is another small fishing town on a peninsula with an big rock and an old church on the tip.  We watched the sunset from there last night.  

We are headed to Santiago tomorrow on the 2:30 bus.  It will feel weird to go somwhere using a form of transportation other than my feet.  Since I have walked everywhere for the last 5 or 6 weeks.

Total mileage comes to about 600!  Averaged about 18.8 miles/day with a max of 33 min of 10.  A mean of about 16.5 for all the math experts out there that might ask.

I want pancakes really bad and wanted to make some today or tomorrow but could not find any instant mixes in the grocery stores here, and didnt wanna mess around with making them from scratch at the hostel.  I was not surprised at the absence of pancakes in grocery stores around here because nobody eats them and I have only been to one restraunt that had them.  Also the grocery stores here are very small compared to what we have in the states and have a limited selection of items and usally the alcohol section is about 1/3 of the store.  For those of you reading this from Lancaster county it would be like shopping at Ebys exept take out the bulk isle and put alcohol there. 

So anyhow I will probably have pancakes wendsday morning in Santiago.

Oh and the ocean is very clear here compared to any other place I have seen it on the American side.  Watching the waves crash against the rocks and the different shades of blue and turquoise that they produced as they foamed and retreated back into the ocean was cool.

farmer stocking his corn crib... Lots of these self sufficiant farmers still pick corn by hand

A family operation

An example of what yesterdays hike was like

Muxia... more pics in next post