Well, apologies for the long silence. I ran into kind of a series of things that seemed to interfere with blogging or take precedence over it including my third quarter report to the Watson Foundation and an application for an internship at Fermilab. For a week or so after my last post, the weather was […]
Entries Tagged as 'Chile'
Can’t Touch This
June 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Chile, Travel
In Puerto Varas, we (Turk, Canook, Swiss, and I) decided to rent a car to drive north. We were all sort of tired of buses, and figured having the car would give us the chance to stop off and see a few things along the way. The Hertz rental office was like this tiny little […]
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WTF of the Day
June 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Chile, Photo of the Day, Travel
One of the best things about traveling is encountering totally unusual situations, and having no idea how or why they occurred. Sometimes, it’s fun to try to puzzle out these mysteries of the universe. Other times, you can only shake your head. This is one of those.
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Like a Pack a Day
June 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Chile, Photo of the Day, Travel
In some ways, Santiago is an attractive city. Air quality, however, is not among them. Santiago is one of the smoggier cities in Latin America. According to a 2004 World Bank study (PDF link), it even beat out former reigning champion Mexico City in “particulate matter,” which are the little bits of crap that make […]
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Cerro Santa Lucía
June 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Chile, Photos, Travel
Here’s some photos from Cerro Santa Lucía, a park on a hill in central Santiago. It’s a really interesting place, with dozens of different levels, narrow passageways, crumbling stone stairways, fountains, statues, a cannon, a church, and lots of secluded corners where Chilean couples go to make out (PDA is huge in this country). The […]
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