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Dazzling Chile: Travel Memory #8

April 7, 2012

Tweet At last count, I´ve been to over 50 countries, so it goes without saying that I´ve seen a lot of stuff. It´s hard for me to pick a favourite country but the award for the most visually stunning thing I´ve seen goes to the Atacama Desert in Chile- HANDS DOWN. You may remember that [...]

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Chile Day 7: The colours of Valparaiso

February 8, 2012

Tweet The grim, grey winter days in London often leave me lank and uninspired. A look back at some my Chile photos, taken during an afternoon spent in the vibrant Valparaiso, make me want to jump on a plane and retreat to South American summer.Chile didn’t cease to amaze me with its diversity and beauty, [...]

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Chile Day 5 & 6: Exploring Santiago and Blogger Meetups!

November 22, 2011

Tweet  After an amazing three days in the desert, where I basically walked on the moon, toured a salt flat, and went up 15,000 feet above sea level to survey geysers, it was time for me to go back to Santiago. The sky was blue and the air was crisp as I boarded the plane [...]

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Chile Day 4: El Tatio Geyser and the Llama Dilemma

October 25, 2011

Tweet  My last full day in the Chilean desert, I went to see the El Tatio Geyser, located 4300m (15,000+ feet for you non-metric folks) above sea level.  I realized that if a picture is worth a thousand words, pictures of Chile’s northern desert are worth a million.After (yet another) 4 a.m. wakeup, I was [...]

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Chile Day 3: Atacama’s Salt Flats and Lagoons

October 18, 2011

Tweet Click for Day 1 and Day 2  if you missed the beginning of my Chile adventure! The more I travel, the more I come to realize that I am a sucker for natural wonders.I am astounded, excited, and sometimes perturbed by what nature has created without the help of man.   While man-made structures [...]

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Chile Day 1: Walking around Santiago

October 4, 2011

Tweet As my plane started its descent into Santiago, Chile, I felt the excitement build within my chest. After my 10-hour night flight from Dallas, I was feeling worse for wear but highly anticipated what would await me in Chile’s capital. I gathered my carry-on backpack, de-planed, and stretched as I walked toward customs. My [...]

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The Atacama Desert, Chile

October 2, 2011

Tweet I just posted this on Facebook and I’m going to repost it here: “sand/salt/ice in ears/shoes/hair, yucky hostel bathrooms, 4:00am wakeups to go on tours, altitude sickness, intense cold and heat in the same day, and the resulting flu = the most amazing and interesting 3 days ever”. This sums up my experience in [...]

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Why Spanish class in Guatemala didn’t prepare me for the Spanish in Chile

September 30, 2011

Tweet I just spent 4 weeks in Guatemala travelling around the country and speaking Spanish. I spent nearly 40 hours in Spanish lessons over the course of two weeks. I haggled in markets, warded off unwanted advances by virile Guatemalan males, and completed complex administrative tasks during my stay. My diploma, pictured above, says I [...]

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I’m going to…Chile!

June 29, 2011

Tweet Source Thanks so much for weighing in on my dilemma, everyone! I really appreciated your input and I have to say that many of you made compelling cases as to where I should go. I agonized over what to do, appealed to friends and acquaintances on Facebook, Skype, and Twitter for help, and annoyed [...]

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