The Expeditioner Travel Magazine » Chile http://www.theexpeditioner.com The Expeditioner is a travel magazine for the avid traveler. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 La Carretera Austral: The Gravel Road To The End Of The World http://www.theexpeditioner.com/la-carretera-austral-the-gravel-road-to-the-end-of-the-world/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/la-carretera-austral-the-gravel-road-to-the-end-of-the-world/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:21:34 +0000 Diego Cupolo http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=19752 Pan-American Transmissions: Part 12 “Pan-American Transmissions” is a travel series from Special Contributor Diego Cupolo as he travels south from Nicaragua to Argentina. He has few plans, a $10-a-day budget and one flute-playing gypsy companion. Check back as new dispatches are posted from the road. The overnight boat approached mainland [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/la-carretera-austral-the-gravel-road-to-the-end-of-the-world/feed/ 1 The Driest Place on Earth: From Bolivia’s Salt Flats To Chile’s Atacama Desert http://www.theexpeditioner.com/pan-american-transmissions/the-driest-place-on-earth-from-bolivias-salt-flats-to-chiles-atacama-desert/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/pan-american-transmissions/the-driest-place-on-earth-from-bolivias-salt-flats-to-chiles-atacama-desert/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:14:16 +0000 Diego Cupolo http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=19357 Pan-American Transmissions: Part 11 “Pan-American Transmissions” is a travel series from Special Contributor Diego Cupolo as he travels south from Nicaragua to Argentina. He has few plans, a $10-a-day budget and one flute-playing gypsy companion. Check back as new dispatches are posted from the road. Pink flamingos wade through blood-red [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/pan-american-transmissions/the-driest-place-on-earth-from-bolivias-salt-flats-to-chiles-atacama-desert/feed/ 0 Top 5 Countries For Teaching English Abroad (That Aren’t in Asia) http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/23/top-5-countries-for-teaching-english-abroad-that-arent-in-asia/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/23/top-5-countries-for-teaching-english-abroad-that-arent-in-asia/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:24:53 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=15515 When it comes to jobs teaching English abroad, South Korea and Taiwan are the headliners. Teaching English jobs are easy to find, and high salaries and free housing are some great incentives to head east, but it’s not enough to lure everyone. There are a lot of motives behind your [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/23/top-5-countries-for-teaching-english-abroad-that-arent-in-asia/feed/ 2 Will Patagonia Become A Vast Factory For Electricity? http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/06/30/will-patagonia-become-a-vast-factory-for-electricity/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/06/30/will-patagonia-become-a-vast-factory-for-electricity/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:00:26 +0000 Maria Russo http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=11832 Well folks, it’s really happening. Our exploding human population has forced the search for new energy resources all the way to the end of the Earth. Yep, that’s right, the energy apocalypse is finally upon us, and I never even bothered to invest in that solar-powered book light I had [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/06/30/will-patagonia-become-a-vast-factory-for-electricity/feed/ 2 What Does The U.S. Have Against Brazilian Tourists? http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/06/17/what-does-the-u-s-have-against-brazilian-tourists/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/06/17/what-does-the-u-s-have-against-brazilian-tourists/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:00:15 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=11518 Let’s face it, the U.S. economy is limping along at best, and the last thing it should be doing is making it difficult for people outside of the country to come and spend money here. Take Brazil for example, a nation which spent a whopping $5.9 billion in the U.S. [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/06/17/what-does-the-u-s-have-against-brazilian-tourists/feed/ 0 What It’s Like Visiting Neruda’s 3 Houses In Chile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/05/03/what-its-like-visiting-nerudas-3-houses-in-chile/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/05/03/what-its-like-visiting-nerudas-3-houses-in-chile/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 17:10:15 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=10809 You can count on seeing an oversized men’s shoe, a life-sized photo of Walt Whitman, and windows shaped like those on a boat when you visit famed poet Pablo Neruda’s three houses, all within the Chilean capital of Santiago or a short trip from there, as detailed recently by the [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/04/08/perilous-patagonia-in-peril/feed/ 1 Now You Tell Me What Not To Do In Chile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/11/20/now-you-tell-me-what-not-to-do-in-chile/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/11/20/now-you-tell-me-what-not-to-do-in-chile/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:54 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=4382 Great, now I find out I wasn’t supposed to go to the Concha y Toro winery — just outside of Santiago, Chile — because it’s considered “wine for dummies” (I don’t know, I thought the wine was quite good myself), and, instead, I should have trekked to the Casablanca or [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/11/20/now-you-tell-me-what-not-to-do-in-chile/feed/ 1 Valparaíso: South American Dining Mecca http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/11/11/valparaiso-south-american-dining-mecca/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/11/11/valparaiso-south-american-dining-mecca/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:33:29 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=4280 You know there’s something going on in a city’s dining scene when the NYT’s gets wind of it. This week’s travel section highlighted the Chilean port city of Valparaíso where, with over 40 new restaurants in Cerro Concepción and Cerro Alegre alone, the city’s foodie scene is firmly in resurgent [...]

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