A Fisherman in La Serena

The Birthplace of Poetry and Liquor: Gabriela Mistral and Pisco Uncovered

May 21st 2006
Last weekend we made a trip up from Viña del Mar to La Serena. The bus from Valparaíso to La Serena cost about US $10 and took eight hours, and the trip back from La Serena to Viña took six hours and cost US $14. Once we got to La Serena (at seven in the morning), we found a ¨hostel¨called Vista del Mar. There were six of us, so we stayed in a cabin with two bedrooms (two small beds, one big ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more

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Ken Kruse

Imagine All The People

Hi All, I'm changing my intro. a little bit again. If you're reading this and you don't know me, I am a student at Arizona State (studying Sociology, Political Science, Gender Studies, and Spanish) who had a little must-get-out moment and decided the best way to do that would be to do study abroad for a year. But in four different places. SO.... Finished my studies abroad in Chile and China, and more than halfway through in Singapore. I'm basically done towards the end of November, then I go to Northern Vietnam and Laos for a week, the Philippines for a week, Tokyo for several days, Senegal... full info

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