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National Heritage and Nibbles, a Sunday Morning in Santiago
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 31 May 2010
The moneyed, the less-fortunate, the smokers and chocolate eaters all lined up for hours yesterday in Santiago to get their architecture and history fix.
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One of my favorite windows (Santiago, Chile)
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 25 May 2010
This is one of my favorite windows. Favorite window, you say? but of course. Everyone should have one.
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Day 102: Aimless wandering...
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 23 May 2010
Getting our fill of Santiaguino seafood Having breakfast at the bus terminal. We just arrived in Santiago, Chile's capital and it's surprisingly cold here (low double digits). We're in one of those "where to go from here" phases again, not sure what next move to make. Only in Santiago to get my camera lens fixed but we don't want to stay here. Nearby Valparaiso and Viña del Mar don't appeal
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The case of the hot toilet paper/Going to the feria in Santiago
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 22 May 2010
Toilet paper, tp, papel higiénico, confort, we all use it.
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Santiago Chile and arriving in Buenos Aires
Blog: Trip Down - 18 May 2010
After leaving Valparaiso in the rain and driving the short express route I arrived in Santiago easily and checked into the ChileInn. The two ladies who run the place insisted my bike would make it through the 3 sets of doors into the courtyard – they were right, even though I bumped the television and [...]
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First Rains on Shaky Ground
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 18 May 2010
Things have settled down in Chile – somewhat. At least once a week there’s another strong “réplica”, or aftershock, that gives people jelly-legs and sets off anxiety attacks. Buildings are being gutted and have their innards strewn on the sidewalks as they await new walls and roofs. The previous inhabitants of these retail or living spaces have taken up business under tarps on the street, and have taken up residence under tarps on the outskirts of the cities.
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The sound of rain in Santiago (and everywhere)
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 14 May 2010
What is it about rainy days that brings back every rainy day I've ever heard? The pattapattapatta on the flashing on my building sounds like rainy days at college where under the metal roof I sat bundled on my futon (convincing myself that this was comfortable, oh! youth) reading theoretical linguistics. It sounds like sleeping in a tent in Iceland, thinking about how going to the bathroom meant going outside, which meant getting wet, which meant just going back to sleep and ignoring it.
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Top 5 Safety Tips Americans and other Westerners need to know NOW before traveling to a third world country.
Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 13 May 2010
When traveling / backpacking, it is important to note that not all third world countries have the same dangers to watch out for, but here are some that apply to most. 5) PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL BOUNDARIES Severe poverty can bring out real desperation in people, which means that in the poorer countries, people will push [...]
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Cultured Santiago and Unesco Valparaiso
Blog: Mood to Travel - 4 May 2010
Crowd, Plaza De Armas, Santiago [Enlarge]
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Wait! There Are No Checks on This Checklist!
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 24 April 2010
4/14/10: Santiago, Chile Things we didn’t bother to do before heading out to catch our 10:15 bus to Mendoza this morning: Check to make sure we knew where the bus station was. Print out our tickets that we had bought online from Andesmar five days earlier. Excuses for not bothering to do those things which [...]
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Pictures Described by About 25 Words
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 15 April 2010
4/5/10: Santiago, Chile Today we took the funicular up to the top of Cerro San Cristobal. I personally thought it was great, but that in itself doesn’t make for a good story does it? This actually brings me to a blogging second: I really enjoyed the day today and want you to experience a piece [...]
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Right Foot Green, Left Tusk Red
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 14 April 2010
4/4/10: Santiago, Chile I’m trying to make room on my resume for a new line that goes something like this: Prominently featured on worldwide phenomenon television show THE AMAZING RACE. Now I’m not sure how copyrights work when pasting screenshots of television shows in a wildly popular blog, but I am sure that CBS never [...]
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It’s Warm – No Wait, It’s Chile!
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 13 April 2010
4/4/10: Santiago, Chile After our last bus fiasco which ended up with us out on the mean streets of Perito Moreno at 4am, I decided I’d had enough. “We’re booking cama the next overnight bus we take, I don’t care how much it costs!” So when we were booking our tickets for last night’s ride from [...]
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Estudy of Estyle: Chilean Street Art and Figuring Out What the Hell It Is I Have to Say
Blog: Lonely Girl Travels - 3 April 2010
There’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about, but struggling to find the words to explain: the connection between travel and street art. I’ve had fumbling conversations in which I attempt to articulate it, flapping my lips like hands gasping at butterflies, trying to gather vague supports for an unformed thesis. An idea has been [...]
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when things fall down A few weeks ago, against the advice of...
Blog: DO EPIC SHIT - 1 April 2010
when things fall down A few weeks ago, against the advice of friends and family, we went to Santiago, Chile to follow a lead on a story Mari wanted to write. That story is currently being pitched to newspapers in Canada. We were blown away by what we saw and the people we met in Chile.
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So this is what happens when I take my eye off you Chile..
Blog: Pasándolo Chancho - 28 February 2010
Too soon? Perhaps.
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Things Chileans Like 2: Bad Customer Service
Blog: Pasándolo Chancho - 29 January 2010
Actually, that's a little unfair. I don't know if Chileans actually like bad customer service, but its certainly a possibility given its prevalence here.Lets take the dinner I had last night as an example.
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Bienvenido a Chile, Kiva!
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 22 January 2010
By Suzy Price Marinkovich, KF9 Chile If the video above doesn’t show on your browser, here it is at this link: http://vimeo.com/8899555 To see & read the bios of all the loans Fondo Esperanza has uploaded to Kiva to date, click here! Check out all fundraising loans from Fondo Esperanza by clicking here! Also, feel free to share [...]
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and THIS, my friends, is how you celebrate winning an election...
Blog: Pasándolo Chancho - 21 January 2010
That's right. Difference between winning an election and winning a football match? Absolutely none.
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This is what democracy looks like. Chile Elections, 2010, Sebastian Piñera
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 18 January 2010
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New Year in Santiago...
Blog: Pasándolo Chancho - 10 January 2010
... this year alternatively known as Fuegos Artificiales vs Fuegos de Verdad.It is a truth universally acknowledged that New Years celebrations always bite. So why every year am I surprised?
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Porotos Granados! A vegetarian Chilean feast in pictures
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 9 January 2010
If you are not, at this very second eating a hearty earthenware bowl full of the homey creamy Chilean potage, porotos granados, well then, I weep for you. Unless you are drinking a glass (yes, a glass, they're bigger) of iced coffee with cold-frothed milk, in which case I raise mine to you as well, and will weep for you later.Porotos granados are vegetarian, vegan, even! No meat, no milk, no egg, no honey, no dead insects (we hope), no sneaky pork knuckle waving hello at the bottom. Kosher I tell you, kosher!
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Trouble in Paradise
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 7 January 2010
No journey is perfect. Travellers go abroad knowing that, sometimes, flights will be delayed, baggage misplaced, hotel rooms disappointing and meals underwhelming.
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On fulfilling a craving overseas, now with coffee grinder
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 6 January 2010
Sometimes when you've got a hankering for something here in Chile (or wherever you may be), you've got to improvise. With any luck, you have really boring, whole-foodsy taste, like myself, and you're craving Irish oatmeal. What's Irish oatmeal, you say? Breakfast blasphemer! Oats are little nuggets of tasty, like wheat kernels. When you eat regular oatmeal, the little tasty nuggets have been flattened into flakes, or microthin flakes, if you like instant oatmeal.
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The New Year!
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 3 January 2010
New Year’s Eve in Santiago is a bit strange. Most cities put on the ritz for the big holiday, not quite the case in Santiago. It was more like a fort, with nearly every business shutting at 2pm and restaurants too. Some did stay open to help tourists like us ring in the new year [...]
