A Place
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008I know a place For the rest of the story, click here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/chile/docs/aplace.pdf
Archive for the ‘Cultures’ Category
I know a place For the rest of the story, click here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/chile/docs/aplace.pdf
Parallels
Friday, March 28th, 2008In the early 1900s Argentina was the second richest country in the world. In subsequent decades its middle class enjoyed a very high standard of living. The country was rich in seemingly infinite natural resources, copious crop producing areas whose soils were as rich as any on the planet short ...
Gildas Kansas Jones
Sunday, February 3rd, 20083 February, 2008 Trevelin, Argentina Dear Troop 27, One of the best things about traveling around the world is that you discover unexpected things in unexpected places, including here in Patagonia. As in the United States, when Argentina was opened for settlement, advertising and recruitment was conducted across Europe to attract settlers ...
The Falcon Sanctuary
Friday, February 1st, 200801 February 2008 12:06:37 GMT I was a car guy most of my life. I became car aware pretty early. By the time I was eight or so I was making model distinctions. I blossomed into full scale car lust after I turned 10 and we moved to Adel. I have vivid ...
Impressions of Santiago, Valparaiso, Viña del Mar & Riñaca
Saturday, January 26th, 2008We spent our first month in Chile in Santiago and the Valparaiso areas. In general, Chile is a fully developed economy. There is very, very little that is available in the U.S. or Europe that isn't available here or won't be within a week or two. The country is run by accountants, ...
The Next Sunday
Sunday, January 20th, 2008One week ago, our rig came off the ship damaged. We didn’t know if it was destroyed or not. One week ago, a couple of kids playing with matches started a brush fire that became a wind driven firestorm that destroyed 88 homes in Valparaiso’s Cerro La Cruz neighborhood. That ...
The Inferno of La Cruz
Thursday, January 17th, 2008Thursday, 17 January, 2008 Our rig came off the ship at 6:20AM on Sunday, 14 January. We had a chance to partially inspect the rig later that day and knew it was damaged, perhaps destroyed. We sold our house to clear the decks for these years of travel, so this meant ...
The Long, Dark, Dead End Alley
Monday, January 7th, 2008Have you ever been in a new city, in a new country and done something that broke every safe traveling rule you’ve ever been told or learned? Have you ever been in a new city, a gritty port city, a city renowned for danger around every corner, a city every ...
The Big Gulp Effect
Thursday, December 20th, 2007We flew in from New York to Santiago, Chile two days ago. We spent about five hours walking around Santiago today. One of the things we immediately noticed here, as we have everywhere we travel in the world, is the difference between the weight of people here and those back in ...
Buchanan’s Book, America and Immigration
Monday, November 26th, 2007What do you think of the idea that the United States of America is probably destined to disinegrate into clusters of independent states? What is your opinion of the idea that America is divinely appointed as the world's leader, now and forever? How about America as the racially pure homeland of descendants ...
