Tuesday, October 20, 2009

My favorite animal: The Goat


I don´t really have a favorite animal so i´m going to choose a animal i like a lot, and it is the Goat.

The Goat is an artidactyl and they are gregarious animals.

I like it a lot because it is very friendly and funny, i like the noise it does, i think it is great because it gives you milk and you also can have cheese of goat.

It is a quiet animal, easy to manage, it can be adapted to many environments since arid regions to warm regions.

Last year i took an elective and i had to work with two littles goats every day, i had to weigh them to saw how was the diary growing, so i learned a lot of this animals, i realize that the goats are very scary because when i took them in my arms they "screamed" a lot, on the other hand if you get close to them with a bit of grass they come to you immediately and them let you caress, that is a thing i like a lot!
A bad thing about goats is that they can cause soil damages with them foots.

Another important thing about goats is that you can found a lot of races within this you can found angora goat this is a funny race because it has a lot of hair, is like a rastafari XD! and it is from Asia, depending on the race is the better or worse production of milk, a very good goat of milk is the saanen goat it is originary from swiss, it is white and some times it can have specks.

So about of all this things i choose the Goat! i really think they are great animals!


Thursday, October 15, 2009

WHAT TO DO / WHERE TO GO IN SANTIAGO

I think there are a lot of differents things to do and places to visit in Santiago but one of the places i like more and i will recommend is the San Cristóbal Hill if you are a tourist and you like cicling you can rent a bike and go up to the top and enjoy the amazing view, in the way to the top you can found the japanese garden and the mapulemu garden in here you can found a lot of diferent plants and trees typicals of differents areas of Chile.
At the top you can drink a delicious Mote con huesillo and you can buy some gifts or regards, also you can visit the church and the virgin. Another thing you can do if you don´t like cicling or walking you can take the teleferico anda enjoy of a beautiful view of Santiago, at the top you can take the funicular and go to the zoo that is another place you can visit in Santiago, in there you can find a lot of differents kinds of animals.
Another place to visit is the Bellas Artes Museum because it has a beutiful infraestructure, it has a lot of history and in here you can see many interesting expositions.
If you like the adventure you can spend your day in Cajon del Maipo in there you can go camping, do some excursions, rafting, horseback riding, i think in here you can find all you want and the flora and fauna is fascinating.
Another typical place to visit is the central Mercado, it has a very old and beutiful infraestruture and in here you can found seafood and typical chilean food, so i think is a good place to visit.
These are some of the places i think a tourist have to visit in Santiago.