Sticking with the theme of colorful sunset skies in Chilean coastal areas that I began with Friday’s shot, this is... Read More
This was taken last March in Chaiten, Chile, a small town about 1,200 kilometers south of the capital Santiago, which... Read More
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Victor Jara, the noted Chilean folk singer and activist, who was... Read More
Today, 21 May 2013, marks 120 days since I began this Around The World Trip, exactly four months to the... Read More
For the Earth Day edition of the ‘So Very Glad I Saw it Before it Disappears’ File, here are a... Read More
Sucre, Bolivia – Back in the early days of Piran Café, some five-plus years ago, I published a monthly review... Read More
Via the U.N. Mine Action Service Facebook page, noting today’s United Nations’ International Day for Mine Awareness: Take a look... Read More
Sucre, Bolivia – Before plunging headlong into April (and my second day of Spanish language classes!) and in case you... Read More
And there are corpses, feet made of cold and sticky clay, death is inside the bones, like a barking where... Read More
This is the Valley of the Moon, or, Valle de la Luna, a valley about 15 kilometers west of San... Read More
The full title of this aside: TITO AND PINOCHET: A WHOLLY UNSCIENTIFIC 12-SECOND COMPARISON OF THE POP CULTURE LEGACIES OF... Read More
Here are about a dozen shots I snapped from the exhibit Estampas, Independencia y Revolucion last week, currently having a... Read More
I watched this incredible storm cloud formation over the Andes, just to the east of San Pedro de Atacama, disappear... Read More
the WordPress Photo Challenge for the week is ‘Future Tense’, asking us to catch a glimpse of the proverbial shape... Read More
Your 73-second mental health break for the day: the view towards the Pacific from the bar of Pablo Neruda’s home... Read More
I came across this beauty a few weeks ago on a hike through the Sendero Bosque Encantado, or Enchanted Forest... Read More
If any bus ride can be forgiven for being stretched from seven hours to nearly eleven, it's this one, linking Mendoza, Argentina and Santiago, the Chilean capital. Read More
Didn’t this dude’s momma teach him not to chew with an open mouth? Lunchtime is the theme for this week’s... Read More
I reached the northern terminus of southern Chile’s Carretera Austral last week, just after Tuesday slid into Wednesday. All things... Read More
Late is always better than never. A landmark trial charging 25 former high-ranking military and political figures with gross human... Read More