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Chile

Chile, South America

Santiago: the city with no sun. Valparaiso: the city with no foreshore anymore.

Bec / 04/07/2013

Chile’s capital, Santiago, is at first glance a collection of low buildings underneath a leaden sky, kept dreary by pollution, clouds and rain. The sky is one colour – light grey. The cold gets into your bones and turned my fingers blue as I typed. Our ominous welcome featured students…

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Bolivia, Chile, South America

surreal Salar de Uyuni and San Pedro de Atacama

Bec / 27/06/2013

My biggest draw card for Bolivia is the 12,000km2 Salar de Uyuni. Arriving in Uyuni and going straight back to bed wasn’t quite how I’d imagined this particular adventure starting, however there was precious little else I was capable of doing. It was a pity because I missed Katie’s birthday…

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aventura, Chile, natural wonder, Patagonia, South America

hola Chile!

Bec / 25/11/2012

As I sit here next to a roaring fire, wearing just about all the clothes I own, I can hear the ferocious wind whipping through the low buildings and across the town square out the front of my hostel. I’m also acutely aware that they breed them strong down here…

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