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Trip Planning: tapping into the Diaspora
Blog: Solo Traveler - 25 January 2012
Tapping the local community who are from your destination country is an incredible way to research a trip. Here's how I do it.
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The Best of South America Part 1: Travellers Share Their Tips
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 24 January 2012
This week we launched our free ebook South America Highlights where we share 28 of our favourite places from our year on the continent.
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Let’s Go Backpacking in Patagonia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 5 January 2012
I’m excited to announce that I will be traveling to Patagonia on March 3, 2012 in partnership with G Adventures! Departing from Buenos Aires, the 15-day End of the Earth trip encompasses the best of Patagonia, in both Chile and Argentina. Hiking in the mountains of Patagonia, and standing in awe of its glaciers, has been [...]
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Highlights 2011 – Natural Wonders Slideshow
Blog: Solo Traveler - 26 December 2011
A year end photo slideshow of the many natural wonders I experienced in 2011.
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Solo Travel Destination: Santiago, Chile
Blog: Solo Traveler - 6 December 2011
This time the destination is Santiago, Chile. Learn what the capital of Chile has to offer solo travelers.
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Partially Buried Moai on a Hillside on Easter Island
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 3 December 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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Hiking: Canada, Chile, Austria and the UK
Blog: Solo Traveler - 12 October 2011
Hiking varies so much around the world. Here's a comparison with lots of beautiful photos.
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Overcoming Fear in the Galapagos Islands’ Underwater World
Blog: Vagobond.com - 10 October 2011
The Galapagos is the perfect place for tight portraits of wildlife.
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Hiking in Patagonia – Torres del Paine Part 1
Blog: Two Backpackers - 16 September 2011
Patagonia travel triggers visions and feelings of extreme adventure for trekkers around the world. You’ve seen the pictures on-line and you’ve heard stories about the unpredictable weather, vast glaciers, snow capped Andes mountains and the dramatic reward of hiking in Patagonia. Are you ready to hike one of the most renowned treks in the world? [...]
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How to Spend 24 Hours in Santiago
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 15 September 2011
This is a guest post by Kyle Hepp. I’m not an ambitious traveler. Let’s get that out of the way before we even start this post. I’m sure plenty of people would try to see more in Santiago in a day, but after leaving here for 7 years, this is simply my idea of an [...]
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Updates from the Field: Loan Sharks, Snapshots + “the Country with a Smile”
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 29 August 2011
Each Kiva borrower enjoys his or her own borrower profile page. We've all seen these pages: they acquaint us with the borrower's story, plans for the future, country, and a photo in their business or home. Borrower profiles present us with a clear snapshot of the ebbs and flows of a borrower's life.
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The Top 10: My favorite borrower photos from Colombia and Chile
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 23 August 2011
Kiva Fellows come from a vast variety of backgrounds, both in regards to their professional experience and hobbies. When the Kiva Fellows Program Team is trying to decide where to send people they try to decide what MFIs would benefit most from that fellow's individual experience, and also what special projects they can work on to benefit Kiva's mission and/or the MFI. As part of my fellowship i was asked to help add to Kiva's library of borrower images, which are used for marketing and communications purposes by Kiva.
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Photo of the Day: Santiago Chile Smog
Blog: Two Backpackers - 19 August 2011
Santiago Chile is the captial and largest city in Chile. Located in the center of the vast country, it’s also known for it’s smog. Thermal inversion (a meteorological phenomenon whereby a stable layer of warm air holds down colder air close to the ground) causes high levels of smog and air pollution to be trapped [...]
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Update from the Field: Cooking Classes, Autarky + Social Performance
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 15 August 2011
Compiled by Kathrin Gerner, KF15, Togo This week on the Kiva fellows blog, take a cooking class with a Kiva borrower in Ecuador and learn how to make two mouthwatering local specialties: quimbalitos and tamales. Continue on to Sierra Leone to see how autarky is the goal of Kiva fellowships as well as micro loans. Then return to Ecuador to watch a video about traditional dances, find out about the feeling of "saudade" and reflect on the juxtaposition of poverty and prosperity. Finally, learn how a social performance study can be constructed in Chile.
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Measuring Social Performance
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 12 August 2011
How should a microfinance institution (MFI) measure performance? Should they focus solely on the most common method, financial performance, or are things like client retentions rates and social indicators also important? While traditional financial indicators, like client repayment rate, are important in a drive to create a sustainable MFI, they do not measure the entire success of an MFI. Even client retention is not a perfect measure; are clients continuing to use services because they are good, or driven to by necessity to make payments on spiraling indebtedness?
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Faces from the field: A day of visits and photos from Chile
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 15 July 2011
Early this week I had to the opportunity to go out into the field with Kiva staff member Nicolas Lafaye (Portfolio Manager for South America) as he visited Fondo Esperanza in Santiago, Chile. This day gave me the opportunity to focus on two of my favorite parts of being a Kiva Fellow: talking with clients and taking photos. With camera in hand we headed out to two communities in the Santiago area, visited clients in their homes and businesses, and attended a Communal Bank meeting.
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Photo of the Day: Valle de Frances Patagonia
Blog: Two Backpackers - 28 June 2011
During our Full Circuit Trek at Torres del Paine Patagonia, Chile, we hiked off path for an hour to the top of Valle de Frances. Valle de Frances is the middle leg of what forms the “W.” If you can endure it, there is a hidden trail that continues to lead up the mountain past [...]
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5 Safety Tips for Taking Taxis in Latin America
Blog: GoBackpacking - 23 June 2011
5 universal safety tips for taking taxis in Latin America.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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Cruising the Chilean Fjords on Route to Patagonia
Blog: Solo Traveler - 10 June 2011
How to get to Patagonia the most scenic way possible spending as little as possible - the Navimag ferry. A new article has been added to Solo Traveler
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Carnival of Cities for 1 June 2011 – from Abu Dhabi to Athens
Blog: Sophie's World - 1 June 2011
Welcome! I’m happy to host this edition of the Carnival of Cities! After publishing the 18 May 2011 edition on Perceptive Travel Blog, Sheila Scarborough handed the baton to me....Carnival of Cities for 1 June 2011 – from Abu Dhabi to Athens is a post from Sophie's World
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Chiloé, Chile – A Photo Essay
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 8 April 2011
The island of Chiloé captured our hearts and took our breath away.
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The Carretera Austral North
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 24 March 2011
After a few days of intermittent rain, I’m happy to see perfect blue skies when I begin moving North from Villa O’Higgins. My fishing gear is all-but useless, so I camp with a hardcore Dutch fisherman, and together we cook a fresh brown trout in the coals of our campfire – possibly the best “camping” [...]
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The Carretera Austral South
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 20 March 2011
I’ve met more than a few overlanders who call The Carretera Austral (also called Route 7) in far Southern Chile the most beautiful road in the world – obviously it’s been on my radar for while now. The two ferries and tiny mud track that connect El Chalten in Argentina with Villa O’Higgins, at the [...]
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Foto Friday – Pucon, Chile
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 4 March 2011
Pucon, Chile is a small beautiful town in Southern Chile. It lies at the base of Volcán Villarrica.
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Lady in Santiago
Blog: A Lady in London - 4 March 2011
My Santiago sightseeing took place piecemeal while I was traveling in Chile. First there was my amazing day of wine tasting in the Maipo Valley, then came my evening of exploring bits and pieces of the Santiago restaurant scene. But it was only on my last day in Chile that I had the opportunity to [...]
