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Postcard from Chile
Blog: Roving Gastronome - 1 September 2010
My brother, Casey McFarland, is in Chile right now. He’s a wildlife tracker and the author of Bird Feathers: A Guide to North American Species which is released today. In Chile, he’s supposed to be tracking mountain lions, though it sounds a lot more like he’s taking 20-mile hikes in armpit-deep snow and seeing everything [...]
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The parade of unfortunately-named products
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 29 August 2010
If it's Sunday and beautiful out and I'm stuck inside because I have a big project coming up this week and know I should get some work done before that happens so I can run on my merry way to the gym, and various lunch and coffee whatsises, then the least I can do is share some unfortunately-named products and companies with you.First, there is ARSE. I took this photo in Parque de Los Reyes at a skateboard competition. Who wouldn't want to hire a company called ARSE? They rent security gates and such.
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Concrete Floors and the Digital Ceiling – Building MicroFinance Banking MIS in Chile
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 26 August 2010
By Lorena Gil, KF12, Fondo Esperanza – Chile I am not a computer wiz at all, so when Kiva asked the fellows heading to Latin America to conduct a survey of the Management Informational System (MIS) at our designated MFI placements I had no idea what to expect.
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My closet walks faster than yours, a tale of bilingual real estate snafus.
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 24 August 2010
Once again, I am thinking of moving. Don't get yourself in a snit about it because a) I hardly ever have people over, b) most of you don't even live in Santiago (yes, I do look at my referral log) and c) change comes very slowly to this one.Among the reasons that I am considering moving include:
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Curiousity gets the Cuttlefish (411)
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 14 August 2010
Fishing pier in San Antonio on the Chilean coast, not far from Santiago
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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Guanacos, Torres del Paine
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 12 August 2010
Gorgeous guanacos grazing at the Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Read the accompanying post: ‘Patagonia: Home of the Gods Part II‘ See other Velvet moments: Rice terraces, Bali, Indonesia Pompeii, Italy Bora Bora, French Polynesia Serengeti, Tanzania Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai Mara, Kenya Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina
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10,000 balloons soared into the sky
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 11 August 2010
By Lorena Gil, KF12, Fondo Esperanza – Chile On August 6th, over 10,000 balloons soared into the sky with the dreams of entrepreneurs from Fondo Esperanza. Fondo Esperanza is a non-profit foundation that supports entrepreneurship through the provision of credit and training to people living in vulnerable situations to improve their lives and their families.
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Architecture Disrespect in Santiago and beyond
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 10 August 2010
Architecture disrespect is a term I coined one day when I uploaded this photo to my flickr stream. It's a picada, or sort of a snackbar at the corner of the Alameda (that's Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins to you) and calle dieciocho (thus the nubmer 18 on the sign). What we have is a beautiful piece of architecture, beautifully tooled and detailed that's been turned into an afterthought, a hat, if you will for a place to eat greasy sandwiches, wipe your fingers on waxed-paper napkins and drink a liter of beer at one sitting.
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Daily Travel Photo – Easter Island
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 7 August 2010
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. Related posts:Daily Travel Photo – Easter Island Daily Travel Photo – Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Daily Travel Photo – Easter Island
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Minister Felipe of Mideplan Chile visits Socias of Fondo Esperanza and reveals results of the national socio-economic survey
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 29 July 2010
By Lorena Gil, Kiva Fellow/KF12, Fondo Esperanza - Chile On my first official day at Fondo Esperanza I was quickly whisked to a press release event already underway at a local communal centre in Santiago, Chile, where socias (borrowers) of Fondo Esperanza conduct local weekly meetings. The Ministry of Planning and Cooperation (Mideplan) of Chile chose this location to reveal the results of the national socio-economic survey (Casen 2009)
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Snowboarding in the world’s driest desert. San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 27 July 2010
Arriving in San Pedro de Atacama feels like reaching the very end of the earth only to realise that everyone else has arrived before you. On the bus journey from Argentina we had seen tantalising glimpses of the other worldly landscape we were expecting from the region – huge stretches of chalky white ground; looming [...]
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Chilean swear words and their kindergarten equivalents
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 27 July 2010
Chileans are a bunch of potty-mouths. There, I said it. I have never heard so many, so colorful, so floridly descriptive garabatos (swear words) any place else in my life. Of course, I've also lived here for a long time, and seem to have an ear for such things. I also think that your grandmother (but certainly not mine) was right, and that they lose their impact when you use them all the time. And if you were wondering, for the most part I don't participate.
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Sounds and Colours – a magazine about South American music and culture
Blog: On The Road to Find Out - 24 July 2010
Sounds and Colours, as mentioned in a previous post, is a website I have been working on for the last couple of months. It seems like now is the time to get the word out on this thing! The site features interviews, mixtapes, news and reviews of all aspects of South American music and culture. [...]
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11 South America Backpacking with Indie Travel Podcast – podcast
Blog: Heather on her travels - 24 July 2010
In Podcast 11 I talk to Craig and Linda from Indie Travel Podcast about their 4 months travelling with friends in South America, visiting Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay. They pick out the highlights of their trip, and give some advice on travelling by bus, how to avoid scams and pickpockets and how they [...]
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Who's coming to visit Santiago? (and bearshapedsphere?)
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 23 July 2010
Living in what Chileans often like to call the "poto del mundo" or the world's backside (I like the word tush better, but the phrase just weighed better with backside, try it, you'll see), you'd think that the number of people coming to visit or stopping by to say hi would be small to negligible.
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A little splash of Santiago autumn in your winter (or summer)
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 19 July 2010
They say that a sudden cold snap gives the very best foliage leaf-peepers could ever hope for. Looking at pretty, color-changing leaves is written into my history, as crispy shufflewalking to school as a child reminded me of crunching through the first layers of spanikopita which my foodie parents introduced into our meal rotation sometime in the 70s, swearing about the drying-out phyllo optional.
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Review of Termas de Chillan aka Nevados de Chillan
Blog: Many Moon Honeymoon - 14 July 2010
If you're looking for options for some Southern Hemisphere skiing, however, please read this warning about Nevados de Chillan aka Termas de Chillan!
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A Tale of Two Cities. Valparaiso, Chile
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 9 July 2010
Valparaiso is a city with two faces. One is a gritty port town full of flea-infested dogs, crumbling buildings, shifty eyes and resentful stares. The other is a particularly magical little corner of the world, a hillside town of winding streets and narrow buildings bursting with colour and life. Unfortunately for us, this was a [...]
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Eating an Argentine Empanada in New York
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 6 July 2010
Of all the things you could eat when wandering the streets of downtown Manhattan, whether it be a knish, a pretzel, a slice of pizza, a samosa, a soft taco dripping with salsa verde, the thing that appealed to me the most on my first day in "the city" was this.
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Chi-chi-chi, lay-lay-lay, viva Chi-lay! Santiago, Chile
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 5 July 2010
Walking through Bellavista on Monday 28th June you would never have known that it was one of Santiago’s most lively neighbourhoods. Shop windows were darkened by graffiti-covered shutters and dogs roamed freely along the empty streets, sniffing at discarded burger wrappers. Traffic lights flicked uselessly from green to red on the main road where police [...]
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Snapshots: 智利 Chile
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 1 July 2010
Fresh catch in Santiago's Mercado Central Dawn breaks over the morning frost in Lake District, near Pucon Raining sunshine on a winding road, Lake District Calbuco Volcano rising beside Lake Llanquihue, Lake District Licancabur Volcano rising majestically above the deserts of Atacama Adobe houses in San Pedro de Atacama More Snapshots...
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How to take a taxi in South America
Blog: The Indie Travel Podcast - 30 June 2010
Taxi culture varies from country to country - learn how to catch a taxi in the South American countries of Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay.How to take a taxi in South America is happily produced by The Indie Travel Podcast, proud winners of Lonely Planet's "Best Podcast" -- Check out our free podcast in iTunes, free online travel magazine, or the
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World Cup Reports from Kiva Fellows Around the World
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 30 June 2010
Kiva Fellows share their World Cup experiences from Mongolia, Rwanda, Mexico, Bolivia, Togo, Sri Lanka, Chile and Kyrgyzstan
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Day 139: End of the Road - Latin America
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 30 June 2010
Rio de Janeiro seen from Corcovado - the world's most jaw droppingly gorgeous city This is it. Our journey in Latin America has come to an epic end. Who would have thought we’d travel through Central and South America by land, with only a hopping flight between the two. We’ve clocked 450 hours of bus and boat time, covered 28,000 kilometers of gravel, dirt and asphalt (3 times the flying
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Brazil: Getting Closer to the Finals?
Blog: PocketCultures - 29 June 2010
Bets made. The awaited game started. We were cautiously optimistic. Though we had been successful in the last encounters with the Chileans, we respected their team and their attack. Not a defensive team at all, one that was not afraid of moving forward.
