USA | Thursday, 28 Jun 2007 | Views [1228]
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 >
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CHILE | Thursday, 28 Jun 2007 | Views [4867] | 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
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007 | Views [1798]
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
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Tuesday, 5 Jun 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | Views [3165] | 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
CHILE | Friday, 25 May 2007 | Views [1485]
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
CHILE | Thursday, 24 May 2007 | Views [1017]
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 >
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CHILE | Friday, 18 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Thursday, 10 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
Torres del Paine, Puerto Natales, Punto Arenas
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CHILE | Tuesday, 8 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Tuesday, 8 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
Valpo, Viña, and some Isla Negra
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CHILE | Tuesday, 8 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Monday, 7 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Monday, 7 May 2007 | Views [1420]
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
ARGENTINA | Sunday, 6 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
Happy Meat is Good to Eat.
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PERU | Sunday, 6 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
Los hermanos Johnson Travel to Peru
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PERU | Wednesday, 2 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
The White City.
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PERU | Wednesday, 2 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Wednesday, 2 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
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