turks & caicos sounds like you two have had quite an adventure in south america. it has been very entertaining "traveling" with you. just wanted to add that in south america, arabs are often called "turks", because they came to the americas at the time the ottoman empire was still ruling the area so they arrived with turkish passports, hence the name turk. most of the ones in chile are palestinians, 85% of whom are christians, and chile has the largest palestinian community outside the middle east. they have been very successful in the 100+years they have been in chile and even have a professional division 1 soccer team. i read recently that 10% of the chilean congress is of at least partial palestinian descent. the bellavista area has relatively few palestinians left, most of whom have moved on. the area is still largely immigrant, with newly arrived koreans, chinese, and south americans. saludos!
I love the blog Looks like you are havng a great time! Glad to know that people are taking care of you!! Just found the added pictures...maybe they weren't there before... or maybe I'm just a dolt... but I love them... keep them coming! I love you! Miss you! Have fun and be safe~!
You've arrived! Glad to see that you are kicking your trip off in a fashion that you are accustomed to. I think that I would have been secretly … ok… maybe not so secretly disappointed if your first entry didn’t have to do with some sort of alcohol. After all … I am assuming that you won’t be drinking the water! HAHAH…. Darn…should have reminded you about Carole Clarks tip for using duct tape in the shower!
Liz
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This is awesome!