Calliope's Odyssey "If you smile at me, I will understand, 'cause that is something everybody, everywhere does in the same language." -CSNY

Going home...

USA | Thursday, 28 Jun 2007 | Views [1198]

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

Thousands of Zombies in Chilean Society.

CHILE | Thursday, 28 Jun 2007 | Views [4801] | Comments [5]

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: chile, politics

Happy Meat is Good to Eat!

ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007 | Views [1773]

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: argentina, food & eating

Gallery: Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: La Serena

CHILE | Tuesday, 5 Jun 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Rod Stewart is to Easter Island as Tom Jones is to El Conti.

CHILE | Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | Views [3119] | 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, chile, easter island, tom jones

Ranting About the Infamous Transantiago

CHILE | Friday, 25 May 2007 | Views [1451]

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: chile, planes trains & automobiles, trains & automobiles

Una flor?

CHILE | Thursday, 24 May 2007 | Views [989]

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: chile, school

Gallery: Easter Island

CHILE | Friday, 18 May 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Patagonia

CHILE | Thursday, 10 May 2007 | Photo Gallery

Torres del Paine, Puerto Natales, Punto Arenas
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Gallery: Isla Negra

CHILE | Tuesday, 8 May 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Valparaíso

CHILE | Tuesday, 8 May 2007 | Photo Gallery

Valpo, Viña, and some Isla Negra
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Gallery: Chiloé

CHILE | Tuesday, 8 May 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Santiago

CHILE | Monday, 7 May 2007 | Photo Gallery

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A Briefing from La Presidenta de la SNP.

CHILE | Monday, 7 May 2007 | Views [1379]

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: chile, people