Posts Tagged ‘Chile’
The Long Patient Wait
Written By: jeff
Posted On: October 17th, 2010
I arrived in Lima on Thursday morning and made my way over to my hotel. I got so little sleep this week due to the crazy schedule of having to get up early almost every morning to either get to/from Machu Picchu, up Machu Picchu or to leave Cusco, that I just crashed in my [...]
Final Week in Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 27th, 2010
After getting back from Rapa Nui, I started thinking about what I wanted to do my last week in Santiago. I felt like I had seen most of what I wanted so I figured I would focus on just hanging out with my friends for the last week. In BA, I was just trying to [...]
Back to Santiago
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 20th, 2010
I woke this morning later than I wanted. I had hoped to go for a quick run on my last morning but it wasn’t meant to be. I jumped in the shower and had a cold one. I got one wave of hot water and then it was cold the rest of the shower. I [...]
Final Day in Rapa Nui
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 13th, 2010
I awoke this morning at 6:30 to go for a quick run before the activity of the day began. The island was absolutely still. The purr of the ocean played in the background as I made my way through the downtown harbor and toward the restored moai ahus (platforms) not far from the hotel. I [...]
The Power of the Moai
Written By: jeff
Posted On: June 6th, 2010
Last night I went to a little show put on by the Kari Kari company showcasing the traditional dancing of the Rapa Nui people. Given the Polynesian roots of the people, the dances and chants were familiar to the styles I saw in Hawaii and in New Zealand. I typically eschew these types of events, [...]
Isla de Pascua/Easter Island – Day One
Written By: jeff
Posted On: May 30th, 2010
The day finally came. It was time to head off to Easter Island – one of the world’s most mysterious and revered places on earth. It is also one of its most remote. It is approximately halfway between Chile and Tahiti. So, it’s not the kind of place that you just happen upon. I’ve always [...]
School Days
Written By: jeff
Posted On: May 23rd, 2010
The last couple of weeks at school have been more social than anything I had in BA. Most of that was my fault. While in BA, I was recovering from the months of prep to get the trip started and leave the US. And, I was frantically trying to get the site launched. So, in [...]
Chile – Organized Yet Hidden
Written By: jeff
Posted On: May 16th, 2010
The past week in Chile has completely flown by. I’ve been much more active here that I was in Argentina. It’s probably because I have such limited time here. You’d think you could tackle a country of Chile’s size in 3 weeks. But, no. With classes during the week, there is precious little time to [...]
Escuela Fronteras Continues to Aid Victims of Chilean Earthquake
Written By: jeff
Posted On: March 9th, 2010
Last week we highlighted Escuela Fronteras´s donation drive to collect food, clothing and other goods for victims of the Chilean Earthquake. Given that Chile is a popular travel destination for career break travelers, round-the-world trippers and other long-term travelers, we wanted to highlight a way that people traveling in Chile could do so. So, if [...]
Donation Drive in Santiago for Chilean Earthquake Victims
Written By: jeff
Posted On: March 3rd, 2010
For all travelers in and around Santiago, here is an opportunity to help the victims of the Chile earthquake. Escuela Fronteras, a Spanish language institute based in Santiago is holding a donation drive to collect much-needed supplies for the people hardest hit by the earthquake in Chile this past weekend. We interviewed Alejandra Vicencio, co-founder of Escuela [...]
