Location: Los Angeles, California
Dear Friends and Family,
My five months of “study abroad” in Chile have come to an end, and I’ve just arrived back home in Los Angeles… It’s different to be back and I don’t know whether to miss being abroad or to be happy to be home. =)
Anyway, I just wanted to [...]
Location: Santiago, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
After two weeks of traveling throughout the region of Patagonia, I finally returned to Santiago to rest for a few days before I’ll be heading back to Mexico City, Los Angeles, and eventually, Philadelphia. My study abroad experience is nearly over and I can finally say that I’ve done [...]
Location: Puerto Natales, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
After four exhausting, but very worthwhile days trekking through PN Torres del Paine, I’ve returned to civilization and am finishing up my Patagonian adventure. In another three days, I’ll be back in Santiago and another three days after that, back home to Mexico City.
Anyway, I thought I’d share [...]
Location: Campamento Italiano, PN Torres del Paine, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
I had originally planned to summarize my trip to PN Torres del Paine in one update but after two full days of spectacular sights, there was no way that I was going to be able to share everything at one go. So, I figured [...]
Location: Ushuaia, Argentina
Dear Friends and Family,
After two days of sailing across the stormy Drake Passage to return through the Beagle Channel, I found myself in the Argentinean city of Ushuaia which prides itself as being “The End of the World, The Beginning of Everything.” Anyway, I wanted to quickly share about the events of [...]
Location: Punta Arenas, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
As the official semester down here approaches its end, I’ve already begun my final “adventure” to the extreme south after a brief 24 hour break in Santiago after my Peru experience. In the past two years that I’ve been flying back and forth between Los Angeles and Philadelphia, [...]
Location: Lima, Peru
Dear Friends and Family,
December is already here and it’s hard to believe that I’ll be heading home in about 3 weeks. By the time I got to this update, I was supposed to be done with school but somehow, I still have one final paper to get done in these next three [...]