


I te ata ka kuhu au i taku tarau poto, i taku tīhāte, i ōku hū omaoma (!), ā, ka hīkoikoi haere i te taha o te awa. Koina te wā tuatahi mo te wā roa – engari te pai!
Ka hoki atu ki te hōtera, kua kai kē ngā hoa nō reira ka whawhao i ngā pēke, ka utaina ki runga i El Tanque, ā, ka hīkoi atu ki te mākete. He tino pai ki a au te mākete o Valdivia – ko ngā tini momo ika, ko ngā kaimoana e hia kē, ā, kei te taha ngā lobos marinos me ngā pelícanos e tatari ana i ngā hukenga. Kārangaranga ana ngā tāngata, e ngengere ana ngā kekeno, e tīwē ana ngā manu. Te rawe hoki!
Kīhai i roa (e kore rawa e roa!), ka whakatata mai tētahi tangata e pātaritari ana i te tangata kia eke ki runga i tana waka tirotiro haere ai. Otirā, he pai te utu nā reira i whakaae atu ai. Ka piki ki La Plaza de Armas por un rato, ā, ka hoko kawhe, ā, ka hoki ki te wāpu eke ai ki runga i te waka.
Tō mātou waimarie hoki! He rawe te terenga i runga i te waka. He tino matatau te kaiārahi, he tino tere hoki ngā kaimahi. I ratongia mātou ki te pisco sour, ki te kai nui (salmón), ki te pūrini, ā, i te ahiahi rānō ki te kawhe me te hanawiti.
Ka teretere haere i runga i ngā awa e toru o Valdivia, arā, ko te Calle Calle, ko te Caú Caú, ko te Río Cruces. Hei te pūtahitanga karangia ai te awa ko te Valdivia. Ka nui ngā momo manu i kitea, ko te wāna pane pango tētahi, ānō kua toro iho te pane me te kakī ki roto i te mimiha! He mā te toenga o te tinana.
Ka whai te waka i te awa tae noa ki te waha. I reira ngā pā tūwatawata e whā a ngā Pāniora. Kua tae kē māua ko Aroha ki te pā o Niebla i te taha o Quemel mā. I tēnei wā, ka mātua peka atu ki te moutere ko Mancera. I whakaingoatia mo don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Leiva, marqués de Mancera (c1585-1654). Ko ia te virrey (māngai kīngi) o Perū (he wāhanga a Chile no te virreinato de Perú). Ko San Pedro de Alcántara te ingoa o te fortaleza (pā tūwatawata) ake. He ngāwari te wawata mo te wā i a rātou, i ngā Paniora. I hangaia hoki ngā pā i te mea kua kaha ngā Tatimana i taua takiwā. E kī rā, me haere ki tērā taha o te ao pakanga ai i ngā tāngata noho tata! Otirā, he rawe te kāinga iti i te taha o te pā, me ngā cerezos (rākau tiere) e kī ana i te hua!
Ka haere mātou i reira ki Corral. Ka piki māua ko Troels ki te fortaleza, engari ka haere kē a Aroha rāua ko Tamsin ki te mākete. Ehara māku hei kī atu! Ka āta hoki atu ki te tāone. Ka whakaaturia mai ngā tohu o te maremoto (parawhenuamea) o te tau 1960, he wāhanga no te rūwhenua nui rawa o te ao – 9.5 i te tāhei Richter!
Ka hoki ki uta, ka ekengia El Tanque, ā, ka tere atu ki Temuco. Ka poto te whakatā, ka haere ma raro ki te rapu wharekai. I te tōmuritanga kua kati a Pura Carne, ā, ka haere atu ki te pūtahitanga, ā, ka tae atu ki te wharekai Rapanui. Ka mutu, ka hoki ki te moe.
Kātahi te rangi pai!