Chile
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A Ferry Family
Today I’ll be starting a five to six day sailing trip from Panama to Cartagena. In honor of this, my TBT post is about a ferry ride from central Chile to southern Chile. I hope you enjoy it and wish me luck on my current venture! March 2014 A day later than planned, I was back in Puerto Montt to head south on the Navimag Ferry. Our estimated time of departure was midnight. We had already been delayed once, so it was no surprise when we actually left at seven the following morning. There is only so much you can do on a boat to pass the time, but when…
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The Colorful Coffee in Chiloe
I’ve posted before about misconceptions and prejudices. This Throwback Thursday post is about a situation in which I was exposed to several of them though not all were directed at me. March 2014 I came to Chile fully aware that it was more developed than both Peru and Bolivia. Yet, I don’t think I was fully prepared for being in that type of environment. Everything was three to five times more expensive. Instead of four dollar a night hostels, the cheapest I could find were fourteen or twenty dollars a night. A full course meal that used to cost three to five dollars was fifteen to thirty dollars. Puerto Montt…
