This afternoon I had my final session with my life coach Heather Rem. When we started today’s Skype call, she asked me, “What do you want to get out of this call?” Twice a month for the last year, she’s been asking me this question… and for the first time, I didn’t know how to ... Read More
This afternoon I had my final session with my life coach Heather Rem. When we started today’s Skype call, she asked me, “What do you want to get out of this call?” Twice a month for the last year, she’s been asking me this question… and for the first time, I didn’t know how to ... Read More
Chinese Gold Rush Underway By Hard Assets Alliance Team This featured chart depicts the explosion in Chinese gold imports from Hong Kong since January 2012, during which China imported an astonishing 1,206 tonnes of gold – 20% more than the nation’s latest official gold holdings of 1,054 tonnes. In the first quarter of ... Read More
A magnetic attraction for foreign and Chilean tourists, San Pedro de Atacama is a place everyone should visit at least once. After that I recommend spending your Chile touring money elsewhere, the deep south in particular during the summertime. Nevertheless, northern Chile does provides some special gems in the way of viewscapes, and altiplano San ... Read More
This morning, I bought a muffin at OK Market for breakfast. The cost was 890 pesos. I tried to give the cashier 1400 pesos, but she would only take my 1000 peso bill because she couldn’t figure out the point of the other 400. I did what I could to educate her, but either she ... Read More
This morning, I bought a muffin at OK Market for breakfast. The cost was 890 pesos. I tried to give the cashier 1400 pesos, but she would only take my 1000 peso bill because she couldn’t figure out the point of the other 400. I did what I could to educate her, but either she ... Read More
Tonight marked a major milestone in my Spanish development! So, remember the other day I met an expat-to-be and had an extended conversation in Spanish? You don’t? That’s ok; I linked to the blog post in that last paragraph so that you can go back and read it. No, please — go ahead; I’ll wait. ... Read More
Tonight marked a major milestone in my Spanish development! So, remember the other day I met an expat-to-be and had an extended conversation in Spanish? You don’t? That’s ok; I linked to the blog post in that last paragraph so that you can go back and read it. No, please — go ahead; I’ll wait. ... Read More
Over the course of my travels, I have always wondered what would happen if I missed my stop on a long-distance bus. Today, I got to find out. My friend Dan found an awesome deal with a skydiving company called (appropriately enough) Paracaidismo Chile, and he bought a tandem jump. He was supposed to go last ... Read More
I think I’ve got it all wrong. Shortly after I began my Five Years Abroad, I started noticing changes in myself. Very quickly, I became more extroverted, more creative, more confident, more entrepreneurial… I really felt like I had transformed into a completely new person. But when I think back to my life in my ... Read More
