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Month: February 2014

Bachelet; Two more weeks to the “Big Show”!

Posted on February 26, 2014

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Chilean President Michelle Bachelet So, the last time we talked about Chilean politics, Michelle Bachelet had just won handily the first election for president (November) and was campaigning…

Chilean Artisans

Posted on February 6, 2014

IMG_20131130_125106_897 Wool, clay, wood, metal, stone, and horse hair, all materials that are readily available in Chile, and hence they are the basis for most of traditional Chilean artisan products. Late last…

Carretera Austral Day Six….Cochrane to Chile Chico and Argentine Border

Posted on February 3, 2014

Breakfast on Day six again at the Military Hotel, and we were off on the last stretch of our trip in Chile, for today we were to drive along the south side…

Carretera Austral Day Five….Villa O’Higgins to Caleta Tortel to Cochrane

Posted on February 3, 2014

Day five started early for us, since we had to reach the RÍo Bravo landing, three hours away, to take the morning barcaza back across to Puerto Yungay, and on to Caleta…

Carretera Austral Day Four….Cochrane to Villa O’Higgins

Posted on February 3, 2014

We were awakened early on Day four, 4:30 to be precise, by a trio of frustrated roosters who, sitting right below our windows but out of reach of the rocks we threw…

Carretera Austral Day Three…..Coyhaique to Cochrane

Posted on February 3, 2014

Cerro Castillo Our destination on day three was Cochrane, a city about 360 kilometers south of Coyhaique. We had been told the road was really bad, and that we would not make…

Carretera Austral Day Two….Chaiten to Coyhaique

Posted on February 3, 2014

Early the next morning, after a great breakfast of toasted homemade bread with thick butter, bittersweet blackberry jam, scrambled eggs, ham, and coffee with rich whole milk, we departed Chaitén. The skies…

Carretera Austral Day One…..Pelluco to Chaitén

Posted on February 3, 2014

It was still dark when the alarm sounded in our first floor room of the Zafiro Hotel located in the small village of Pelluco, overlooking Puerto Montt Bay. Joaco and I were…

Carretera Austral….Go now!! (Complete Version)

Posted on February 2, 2014

David JoslynDavid Joslyn, after a 45-year career in international development with USAID, Peace Corps, The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and private sector consulting…

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