I am a recent liberal arts graduate who travels as a compulsion. I have lived in several regions of the US as well as briefly abroad in England and Spain, and these changes in location have only made me more determined to travel to and write about the climes and currents of the world that remain foreign to me, and what I write tends to reflect my views on the importance of mindful travel as opposed to tourism. As my father is Cuban-born, Latin America is particularly high on my list of regions to explore and understand.
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Hitchhiking isn’t a good idea. Cheap horror flicks, urban legends and worried fathers have all told us this. Still, there ......
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Los Vilos is a sleepy beachside town with little to worry about in the way of safety. During the winter, ......
Read MoreThe small town of Vicuña is generally a safe place. Activity in and around the town square continues till late ......
Read MoreOn Ruta 5 North at kilometer 389, take the second road toward Fray Jorge. From here, it's 25 km to ......
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About 15km north of Tongoy, Guanaqueros is the smaller of the sister beach towns with a few restaurants and hotels ......
Read MoreQuintay is a tiny, mostly residential beach town hidden among wooded seaside hills and relatively untouched beaches about 40 minutes ......
Read MoreOriginally famed as the birthplace of South America’s first female Nobel Prize Winner, Gabriela Mistral, the town of Vicuña is ......
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Valparaíso is brimming with places to stay, ranging from dirt-cheap to full-on luxury, but you’d be wise to do your ......
Read MoreThe Puerto Natura hotel and spa is for travelers who like luxury without the pomp and circumstance. A night’s stay ......
Read MoreThe Manoir Atkinson is a small hotel with seven carefully decorated rooms (one is an upstairs suite) in a newly ......
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Pop into Club Donde Mismo for cheap Chilean/Peruvian food and a full bar. The place is unpretentious and clean, the ......
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a classy but affordable way to spend your evening, Eladio is an excellent choice. Located centrally ......
Read MoreJust off the main Bellavista drag on Calle Arzobispo, Café Molinos provides a quiet spot to have lunch. The café ......
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Salseros looking to get their salsa fix while in Santiago should try out Maestra Vida, located on the busy Pio ......
Read MoreOn a clear day, the view from the top of Cerro San Cristóbal is spectacular, providing the best view in ......
Read MoreTour guides at Pablo Neruda’s Isla Negra home will claim that, of his many houses, this home was the place ......
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If you’re looking for something a bit different from your run-of-the-mill tour, check out Discover Valparaíso. This one-man tour operator, ......
Read MoreThe still young Fundación Valparaíso, established in 1998 by a North American poet smitten with the city, is a non-profit ......
Read MoreNext door to Pablo Neruda’s home, La Sebastiana, on top of Cerro Bellavista is the Centro de Información Touristica y ......
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Almost all of the services in Vicuña are near the Plaza de Armas in the center of town. The tourism ......
Read MoreThere’s quite a surplus of tour operators in La Serena. Most of them have tours of the same sites: Parque ......
Read MoreNear and around the main square is where you’ll want to go for most services in La Serena, since they ......
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