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After sampling a taste of volunteering and staying at the Hare Krishna yoga park in Argentina, I thought i would try and inquire about volunteering at one of the affiliated community farms in Chile on my way back to Santiago. The Eka Chakra community welcomed me with open arms for my 4-day stay. During this time, I helped in the community cleaning and helping to prepare for an upcoming festival, tending the organic garden and building new walls on the living huts and kitchen. In exchange for my work and a small fee, I stayed on the property and enjoyed the most delicious vegetarian meals, as well as joined the evening hatha yoga classes.
Unlike the community in Argentina, there weren't as many traveler volunteers, during my stay only a girl from Seattle and a family from Norway, however there were many more members, even entire families, of the community living at this farm and it was nice to practice my Spanish and learn more about this way of life. The farm, set in the town of catemu in a valley in the Andes was the perfect setting to relax, feel healthy and prepare for my final days of traveling in south America. Namaste.
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