USA | Thursday, 28 Jun 2007 | Views [368]
Time's up! Tomorrow I head back to the US of A and my love affair with South America will have to take a hiatus (though hopefully not a very long one). Although I'm sad that my year studying abroad has come to an end, I think I'm ready to go ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
CHILE | Thursday, 28 Jun 2007 | Views [1147] | Comments [4]
I recently had the opportunity to tour Villa Grimaldi, which was once a torture camp during the early years of Pinochet's dictatorship. Our guide, Pedro Matta, was imprisoned and tortured there as a 23 year-old politically active college student. ... Read more >
Tags: politics, chile
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007 | Views [686]
After yet another bland meal in the Casa Holanda, I have been hopelessly reminiscing about the weekend trip I took to Buenos Aires a couple of weeks ago. I just can't stop fantisizing about all of the culinary delights that the city has to offer. Sometimes ... Read more >
Tags: food & eating, argentina
CHILE | Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | Views [1300] | Comments [1]
My week long trip to Easter Island began with the appropriate apparel: adventure clothes. You know...extra-heavy-duty-gortex hiking boots, fannypacks, cowboy hats, and camoufloge bandanas, all of which feature super-duper-quick-dry technology. My travel ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, easter island, chile, tom jones
CHILE | Friday, 25 May 2007 | Views [473]
Maybe you've heard of Transantiago. It's a new citywide bus/metro system that has recently been put into place. It has had so many flukes that supposedly it even made the national news in the US of A! I won't bore you with the details, but here is ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles, trains & automobiles, chile
CHILE | Thursday, 24 May 2007 | Views [277]
Classes at La Catolica are going ok. I've had a hard time getting excited about my classes this semester, which is weird for me because normally I'm enthusiastic about my classes at least at the beginning of the semester. My Chilean Anthropology class ... Read more >
Tags: school, chile
CHILE | Monday, 7 May 2007 | Views [465]
It's true. I have been elected as the president of a secret society within Casa Holanda: La Sociedad No Panameña (Non-Panamanian Society). As you may or may not remember from my last update, I am living in a house with 75 people, 50 of whom are Panamanian.... Read more >
Tags: people, chile
PERU | Sunday, 29 Apr 2007 | Views [646]
And now for Peru... Lima: - Stay at The Point! Here is the website: www.thepointhostels.com. You can stay in a dorm style room for $7 a night, which includes breakfast and free internet. They also really good meals for $4, they have a bar, and they'll ... Read more >
Tags: the planning phase, peru
ECUADOR | Saturday, 28 Apr 2007 | Views [1353]
To everyone who has given me an excuse to be nostalgic for Lindo Quito de mi vida by asking me about travel to Ecuador... Quito: - Since I obviously never stayed in hostels in Quito, I don't really know much about hostels. There is one called the ... Read more >
Tags: the planning phase, ecuador
CHILE | Tuesday, 6 Mar 2007 | Views [481]
So I bet that you didn't know that Chileans worship Tom Jones. He was one of several artists invited to the annual Viña del Mar music festival this year, along with Ricky Martin, Bryan Adams, Oreja de Van Gogh, and others. The women here think he's ... Read more >
Tags: getting settled, tom jones, chile
