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Is Perito Moreno just the tip of the iceberg?
I really do develop some strange obsessions. When I first arrived in Latin America I loved Latin names so much I collected them – I used to write the most elaborate in an old notebook, that is now filled with random Seraphims and Octavios whom I’ll never see again. I’ve collected doorknockers in Cartagena – […]
Chao for now, Chile
March 8, 2012
Patagonia can be a confusing place. Obviously, it’s spectacularly beautiful but, when you’re trying to navigate it, you feel a bit like Christopher Columbus must have done when he first sat down with a sketch of the world. You know you’re going somewhere, you’re just not really sure where and you definitely have no idea […]
Is it finally time to take the ‘P’ out of Chile?
March 5, 2012
Gathered around a huge wooden dining table, slowly devouring a bottle of wine, I asked a fellow tourist the first three words that entered his mind when I said the word ‘Chile’. (Back then I was still confused by the country, a little worried I was missing something.) “Pinochet,” he replied. I forget the other […]
March 12, 2012
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