From AllAboutChile.com
San Pedro de Atacama
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
Day 274 of 1827: Meetup Misfires
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
Day 274 of 1827: Meetup Misfires
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
Day 273 of 1827: It Finally Happened
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
Day 273 of 1827: It Finally Happened
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
Day 271 of 1827: Almost Skydiving
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
Day 272 of 1827: Becoming the Person I Should Have Been
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
Day 270 of 1827: Working on the Weekend
One of the tricky things about being a freelancer is that you are in charge of your own schedule. I mean, it’s really awesome… but it can lead to having to make some pretty tough choices. For example, when a client needs some work done by Saturday night so that they can present it to ... Read More
Day 269 of 1827: Not as Easy as It Looks
Wow, facial hair is a lot more difficult to manage than I thought. I was fixing up my ghoti this morning, when I noticed the left side was a little… off. Hm… something doesn’t look quite right here. Maybe if I trim it just a little bit… oh. Well, that looks awful. Ummmmmm, let me ... Read More
