Below is a selection of photos taken from the time that I spent living in Valparaiso, Chile in 2010. Valparaiso is one of the most beautiful, most colourful and most unique cities of South America, Latin America, the world! All of the photos were originally published on a daily photo blog that I maintained for […]
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Amidst thousands and thousands of photos that I have taken between Patagonia in the South and Chihuahua in the north, from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean sea, there are certain shots that stand out to me – my favourites. There can be no doubting that the region is extremely photogenic. There […]
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Bolivia lost its access to the Pacific Ocean during the War of the Pacific towards the end of the 19th century. Now, in the wake of Chile’s victory over Argentina in the final of the Copa America comes this satirical article by Roy Bobadilla. Read the original in Spanish at the site eldeforma.com. Bolivia obtains […]
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Chile is having a very difficult month. At the start of the month there was the large earthquake affecting the north of the country and now the beautiful port city of Valparaiso, Chile’s bohemian cultural heart, is battling a fire that has left a death toll of 12, an estimated 2,500 destroyed homes and 11,000 […]
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Article by Carolina Robino published online at BBC Mundo. Read the original in Spanish here One of the things that has most interested British journalists that are covering the earthquake which devastated the north of Chile on Tuesday is why people don’t run in terror while objects fall around them. Other colleagues from the BBC, […]
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Here’s the second instalment of my brief Latin American food guide – this time L-Z. It has been a bit more challenging to come up with a food for every letter here and I allowed myself some liberty. I’ve enjoyed compiling the guide, I hope you enjoy reading. Lechón: It’s hard to beat roast pork, […]
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Wake up each day and there is that need to put something in your stomach. In three years travelling/living in the Americas I filled up on all of the below and much, much more. I probably ate on the streets too much and am sure that I picked up a range of unwanted gut flora. […]
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I mentioned Chilean band Los Tres in the post I did last week of the Soda Stereo translation. I enjoy completing translations of songs. Often I learn a new Spanish word or two or three. So this week we will head west from Argentina to the elongated narrow limb that is Chile. The version of […]
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Sans shame, you copulate under shop awnings, in parks, down alleys then trot off for post-coital taco scraps on Mexico City corners Slumbering in sunny plazas you dream while fleas run amok across your fur and screw into your rabid flesh I saw you snarl White of your eyes and unknown intentions in the streets […]
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Return to Chile Of my youth and diurnal dreams Empanadas and Pisco straight Elongated limb of extremes Patagonian towers of grey-spired mass to Lake Chungará – exquisite mirror of snow-capped peaks Incomparable port of my love Valparaiso: steep streets to heaven Where just to meander amongst ramshackle beauty Is a sure path to joy And […]
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