http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Chile , Atacama , Copiapó en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 09:41:40 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:41:40 +0000 Before you decide on the journey to purchase your outfield baseball glove consider some critical points1. Do you have the position guaranteed If the answer is no or you are not sure where you are going to be playing you might want to purchase a shorter glove. One more adaptable may allow you to play both the infield and outfield.2. Are you sure you want to limit your choice to just an outfield http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-750828.html Friday 9 MarchI was a little apprenhensive about today as this would be my first ride out into the desert alone. It was what I had come for and I had picked what I thought was a safe route that took me high up into the mountains up to the Argentine border. I was apprensive because of the distance and I had discovered in the few days I had been o n the F800GS it had no where near the range of my R1 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-695634.html When I told my family friends and loved ones I was going to keep a blog I hadn39y realised how much of an obligation it is. So I apologise if you are sat at home worrying why you39ve not heard from me. I hope you don39t fear the worst. It is just I have been too tired at the end of the day to write. So in future panic not I am OK just tired lazy or drunk or a combination of all three I http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-695617.html I have finally found somewhere that has the internetThe trip over was a nightmare. I have forgotten how boring and tiring flying was. The taxi collected me at 9.30 am on Monday 5 March and the trip to London City Airport was not the easiest. The cirle line to monument and the DLR to the airport. In theory easy but with all my luggage and no escalators it was a nightmare.The flight was due to leav http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-695065.html Quemadura de sol. Sounds very exotic doesnt it What does it mean you may ask. Sun burn my friends sun burn. Let me tell you the truly tragic story of my plight at the hands of the sneaky sneaky sun... So my last day in San Pedro was as I had expected fairly boring. Luckily there was a girl from Germany at the hostel who was getting the same bus to Copiapo so we spent most of the day loungin http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-681320.html Hey iedereenGedaan met de luxe en de hulp van Cota Deze nacht hebben we voor het eerst in een hostel geslapen. Even aanpassen na de luxe van warm water een fatsoenlijke kamer en een aangenaam bed haha. Het belangrijkste is dat we ons hebben kunnen douchen bbbrrr en dat we een plaats hadden om te slapen. Ondanks de mindere omstandigheden hebben we beide zalig geslapenNamiddag vertrekken w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-665327.html Hello all and sorry about the long delay with these picsThings have been busy since I got back to Chile at the end of December so here are a few little notes on what I've been up to the last couple months and I'll just let the pictures speak for themselvesLaura came with me and spent the last couple weeks of her winter break down here and we had a great timeMy good friend Alvaro moved in with http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-566661.html I had a little scare a couple weeks ago when I was walking back to Yaya's house after going out for a beer with a friend. It was about 1 in the morning in Chile considered an early hour to be coming back on Friday or Saturday nights and the colectivo dropped me on the other side of the supermarket from Yaya's house which was a little further than usual but just a few minutes walk. In front of http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-542487.html I've been getting used to life here again... and this time around I've found myself stopping to think about some of the things that I had gotten used to before I'm realizing that if my plans go as planned I'll be spending the next few years here and that's going to be a lot different than just being immersed in a culture for a 10 month exchange. The upside of that is that I will get a much deepe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-542486.html There are lots of pics in this entry The first ones are the very first pics I took of the apartment followed by some pictures from yesterday now that I've been living here for a little over a week and have made it into my lovely little home After those are some pictures of what I've been up to lately.The ApartmentI found a great furnished apartment on the 5th floor of a really nice condominium http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-541183.html My PlansOk so almost 2 weeks ago now I got the news that the Universidad de Atacama UDA has accepted meHowever I won't know until March if they will give me credit for the classes I did in the US so I'm planning on going ahead with things and staying and see how things pan out if they give me credits or not.As soon as I got word that I was accepted I started apartment hunting... and I've cal http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-537445.html BirthdaysJames's aunts who are twins had their birthday on the 23rd. Tia Gloria and Tia Tita had a birthday tea in Chile the evening meal is either called Te or Once and is typically a light meal accompanied by tea on their actual birthday and then we celebrated again on sunday after the usual family lunch. And of course Yaya made one of her very tasty pineapple cream cakesBathsAnna was in s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-535269.html HAPPY 200th BIRTHDAY CHILESeptember 18th is Chile's national holiday celebrating their independence 200 years ago. It is celebrated with large family parties consisting of much dancing drinking and eating The traditional dance is called Cueca and is characterized by it's figure eight and semicircle patterns and traditional white handkerchiefs which are waived in the air. The traditional foods http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-533283.html As many of you know and some may not I'm back in Chile now and hoping to continue my studies here and graduate from a Chilean university. The University I'm currently in the process of applying to is called the Universidad De Atacama or UDA for short and I plan on continuing with Social Work. James and I both hope to later do our masters in the US though since he graduates in a couple mont http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-533271.html Copiap es una importante ciudad del norte de Chile. Importante por la minera y el turismo por lo menos a nivel nacional. Viaj a esta ciudad con un grupo de amigos y compaeros de la Universidad curso de traduccin mi primera carrera a un congreso de traduccin que se realizara en la Universidad de Atacama. Estuvimos un apar de das en esta desordenada ciudad. La verdad es que Co http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-483669.html Copiap Capital de la tercera regin de Atacama.Es aqui donde se encuentra el desierto ms arido del mundo.Lugar donde se origina la historia de descubrimiento y conquista de Chile.Copiap es un viejo crisol donde se fueron fundiendo las diferentes culturas que poblaron este prodigo valle de chaares algarrobos pimientos amancayes carbonillos y espinudos churques.Don Carlos Maria Sayago http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-481679.html Just some photos of what I've been up to lately... some from school a few from parties the family my hamster Chicha... etc.by the way sorry about the lack of updates for a while... aside from some computer and camera problems i think ive really just been kind of getting lost in life here. At this point a lot of the time it doesnt even occur to me to bring my camera places or take pictures beca http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-395765.html pictures from the big party i had at the house for my birthday and tea with the family on the actual day of my birthday http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-395490.html hello allits been a while since ive updated the blog.... Im back in Copiap and after moving around a bit ive now settled in living with Jamess grandmother Yaya and am doing really well despite a recent hospital trip for a bad reaction to some sort of bug bite. The house is really nice Ive got a good sized room to myself with plenty of space a big bed an ironing table to put Chicha http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-385367.html Mineral MuseumJames took me to Copiap's mineral museum He likes geology and used to spend a lot of time there and thus knows the museum people well and gets in for free and decided he had to take me when i told him that my geologist mom would probably kill me if i spent a year living in a town that houses the museum containing the most complete collection of chilean rocks and minerals in all http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Atacama/Copiapo/blog-372717.html