Dec 062003

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, [...]

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Dec 032003

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 [...]

Posted by parkdani
Nov 172003

Location: Valdivia, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
As I look back on my past updates and this past semester, I find it hard to believe how quickly this time has gone by and just how quickly time passes in general. Anyway, I hope you are doing well wherever you may be and that this update will give [...]

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Nov 122003

Location: Santiago, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
It’s recently come to my attention that I haven’t written an update in a really long time and that some concerned folks were wondering what I’ve been up to since Update #11 on October 26th.
Anyway, I just to take a moment to bring you up to speed on what’s been [...]

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Oct 262003

Location: Pucon, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
Just wanted to start off my eleventh update from abroad with a song of praise…
If You say go, we will go
If You say wait, we will wait
If You say step out on the water
And they say it can’t be done
We’ll fix our eyes on You and we will come
 
Your ways [...]

Posted by parkdani
Oct 212003

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dear Friends and Family,
Hope this message finds you well and that you’ve had some time to catch up reading my updates since the flood of about 2 weeks ago. =)
After much contemplation on what I could use as my random intro picture for Update #10, I finally settled on another image of [...]

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Oct 082003

Location: Santiago, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
It’s hard to believe that it’s already October and that I’m just one week short of having been abroad for 3 months! Writing this update to quickly bring you up to date on what’s been going on down here since The Northern Expedition. =D Mmmm… lots of Ms. =)
<left> To [...]

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Sep 222003

Location: Calama, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
This is the third and final installment of The Northern Expedition updates. =) I hope that these updates have let you know how I’ve been doing and that you’ve enjoyed the small selection of the 350+ pictures that I was able to take during the past 11 or so days.
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Sep 182003

Location: La Paz, Bolivia
Dear Friends and Family,
As promised, my next update includes all the happenings since my last update from San Pedro de Atacama and revolves around my journey through Bolivia and concludes in the highest capital city in the world of La Paz at 3000-4100m.
<left> As has become standard procedure, my first image is [...]

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Sep 132003

Location: San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Dear Friends and Family,
Some of you may have wondered why my update (which had been arriving weekly) failed to arrive last week. Or perhaps you were wondering what exciting thing I may have done last weekend. Perhaps you fall into the category that was glad to have a break to [...]

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