I seem to be pretty good at getting away from or deciding agaist going to places right before something bad happens. This might be the statement that will jinx me and haunt me forever but let’s just say disasters ain’t got nothin’ on me. Loma Prieta earthquake: Okay, so I didn’t avoid this one, but [...]
Entries Tagged as 'South America'
The last supper
February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · South America
I am sitting at the airport in Santiago now, waiting to finally board my flight. After my experience with LAN airline’s vegetarian food on my flight in (sliced zuchini, eggplant, and squash with either rice or bread) I decided an expensive meal that will probably give me gas during my entire 18-hour journey home was [...]
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Looking forward to going home
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · South America
Well, it’s now Feb. 3 and I’ve got three more nights left in Santiago, which means three more nights of my trip. I am ready to go home. I’ve been ready for a while, especially since I had to kill so much time in the Atacama desert this past week. If I had had my [...]
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This is why I’m not going to Peru
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · South America
So, I just got back from a less than steller three-night trip to southern Bolivia (details later) and got an email from one of the Aussies mentioning, “something something landslides and helicopter evacuations.” I figured Laura was joking, since I had expressed my doubts about seeing Machu Picchu during the wet season, but Sharina confirmed [...]
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I’ll update someday, I swear
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · South America, Travel
One day, for all you readers out there (me, essentially), I will go back in time and magically whip up descriptions of what I’ve been up to, what I’ve been seeing, and what I’ve been eating. Because I know all those things are very interesting. I guess the quick and dirty update is: I’m in [...]
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It’s the little things in life
December 25th, 2009 · No Comments · South America, Travel
I’ve already lost track but I’m pretty sure this is my fourth week of traveling through South America. After staying at a smattering of places here and there ranging from my own room to a 12-person dorm to a crammed ferry that included stinky cows, horses, and what we thought was rank feet but was [...]
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Pull-ups required?
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments · South America, Travel
There’s a wet spot on my bed and I’m not sure how it got there but I’m just gonna tell myself that my water bottle leaked because I’ve already touched the spot and don’t wanna think my dormmates did the nasty on my bed. Commence sleeping in fetal position.
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Preparing for the trip
December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · South America, Travel
Everyone knows that I´m terrible at packing. It´s probably the most dreaded part of traveling for me. I have a highly dorky amount of fun buying things for my trips – but the thought of putting all those things into one centralized location like my backpack makes me want to die. For this trip, I [...]
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The nightmare that is planning
December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · South America, Travel
Once I booked my ticket, I started checking out travel books from the li-barry. I picked up books about Peru, Chile, Brazil, and South America on a Budget, and then let them sit unread because the idea of doing any planning kind of made me wanna die. Even though I knew I wasn´t going to [...]
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Logistics
December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · South America, Travel
The way I saw it, I had a pretty small window of opportunity to backpack around South America and return to the States to become a real person again i.e. find a job and a place to live once my parents move to Taiwan. Magdalena told me the best time to visit Chile was probably [...]
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