Phrase of the day: fiesta de disfraces (costume party)
There were two separate events that let to a costume party at La Posada, a tiny bar across the street from the Portillo ski resort.
Firstly, it was Ricardo's birthday. This is Ricardo. He is a ski instructor at Portillo and his fellow coworkers decided to throw him a party for his birthday.
Secondly, it was Jamie's last day as a Peace Pedaler. This is Jamie Bianchini. He was a guest at Portillo and he was getting ready to head home to the US after spending 7 years as a Peace Pedaler. Peace Pedalers is a charity organization the Jamie helped start. He has been riding his own tandem mountain bike all over the world over the last 7 years. He rides in the front seat and has picked up "guest riders" from dozens of countries who rode on the back seat anywhere from a few minutes to a few weeks.
Everyone had to be really creative when it came to finding a costume because of two factors; firstly, the decision to have a costume party was very last minute and secondly, since Portillo is in the middle of nowhere, the only way to get a costume was to make one out of the clothes that you already had with you.
Needless to say, everyone really seemed to put the effort in and there were some amazing costumes at the party.
After digging through all of the clothes that we had with us, Amberley and I decided to dress up as the Cristal Police. Cristal is a Peruvian beer that is very popular in Chile and our costume was a big hit at the party.
We partied until all hours of the night and had a great time!
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