Cajón del Maipo, Chile: no internet access, no phone service, no distractions of city life. Every class of VE Global volunteers gets to go on a weekend jornada, or day trip, to this quaint little ranch in the mountainside outside the city that is rented out by an adorable and generous hippie co[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Santiago’
A Week of Three “Firsts”
This week was full of "firsts" for me. I explain in some detail my first week working at Colegio Anakena, experiencing my first Chilean World Cup win, and my first run up a mountain.[...]
June 2nd, 2010 - 2:19 pm § in Around Town, Chile
Chasing Chile
A little over three months ago now I was about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Six months earlier I’d taken the big plunge and applied for leave from my comfortable corporate existence to throw myself deep into the unknown, yet just five days prior to my departure something you couldn’[...]
June 1st, 2010 - 12:34 pm § in Around Town, Chile
Off to Chile: A New Beginning
Today I sit here wondering how I am going to cram all the stuff in my apartment into my parents’ tiny crawl space for storage. In forty-six days I begin working as a volunteer for an orphanage in Santiago, Chile. It’s an odd feeling staring at all of the belongings I’ve collected over[...]
