Last month I did my first giveaway and recently announced the winner on my Facebook Page. After being home for several months, I still had empty photo frames on my walls. I have so many photos from the last two years of travel that I simply could not narrow it down enough. I asked you […]
A Delicious Year: Best Food Finds of 2012
I’m not embarrassed to admit that I get a lot of pleasure from food, and it has been an important part of my travels. The more people travel, the more variety of great food we have access to. In 2012, I had a lot of traditional foods in the countries I traveled, and I also […]
8 Travel highlights of 2012 and why it is important to think about it
I have a terrible memory. Maybe that is why I have always taken lots of photos. I try to capture my special experiences: the people, the beauty, the amusing, the weird, the firsts, the joy, the accomplishment. Of course, it is difficult to capture a moment or a feeling. But a photo can still bring […]
Help pick my prints! (part 2 and more chances to win)
If you already voted in the first photography category Landscapes, you’ve already earned at least one entry towards winning an 8″x10″ canvas print from Printcopia. (You can still go back and vote now to earn entries in the giveaway.) Just narrowing down the photos to this number was difficult, so I’m relying on YOU […]
Myth Busted: 7 Dining Spots That Will Change Your Mind About Santiago’s Mediocre Dining Reputation
No, I am not back in Chile, although I dream about it often. It is a country I wish I had more time to explore. I met some great expats living in Santiago, and it seemed like a city I could settle down in for a few months. Today I bring you a guest post […]
Photo Essay: An Unexpected and Beautiful Day at the Salar de Tara
After days of hanging out in San Pedro de Atacama with little to see or do besides eat an over-priced meal, I was thrilled when I found out that Cosmo Andino Expediciones was offering a private excursion to Salar de Tara. What is the Salar de Tara? Who cares!! It has to be better than […]
The Driest Place on the Planet is Flooding
The two most beautiful places on my itinerary for Chile have experienced environmental disasters just before my arrival. First, there was the fire in Torres del Paine. And now the driest place on the planet is flooding. Everything is closed. The Salar de Atacama. The Tatio Geysers. Valle de la Luna. The star-gazing tours. All […]
Foto of the Week from … Valparaiso: Street Art
Every travel blogger who has passed through Valparaíso has written about the street art, and I am not going to be an exception. I have photographed street art in Bogota and taken a graffiti tour in Buenos Aires. I just wrote about how food is one of my favorite parts of travel. Street art is […]
Best Wine Tour in Chile: Matetic in Casablanca Valley
The first bottle of Chilean wine I bought in Puerto Natales was from a tiny shop that obviously did not specialize in wines, and it only cost US$6. It was delicious. I had heard that the food in Chile is terrible, and the wine in Chile is better and cheaper than the wine in Argentina. […]
Learning to Cook in Chile: Ceviche, Pisco Sours y Mas!
I love food. When I was in Buenos Aires, I took my first cooking class ever and discovered that cooking classes are the best way to learn about and taste the traditional foods from a region. Added bonus: they are also really fun. I was warned by other travelers that the food in Chile is […]